Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1622-1 newsx -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 31 Jul 2008
- Affected Packages:
- newsx
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 492742.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-3252. - More information:
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It was discovered that newsx, an NNTP news exchange utility, was affected by a buffer overflow allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6-2etch1.
For the testing (lenny) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your newsx package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6.orig.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newsx/newsx_1.6-2etch1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.