Name | CVE-2008-3252 |
Description | Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_article function in getarticle.c in newsx 1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DSA-1622-1 |
Debian Bugs | 492742 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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newsx | source | etch | 1.6-2etch1 | DSA-1622-1 | ||
newsx | source | (unstable) | 1.6-3 | 492742 |