CVE-2001-1442
Buffer overflow in innfeed for ISC InterNetNews (INN) before 2.3.0 allows local users in the "news" group to gain privileges via a long -c command line argument.
02 Description
Buffer overflow in innfeed for ISC InterNetNews (INN) before 2.3.0 allows local users in the "news" group to gain privileges via a long -c command line argument.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-04-21 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 04:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-04-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c9fd51f3123e93db03292f850f229e36b8bfbe5417b9dbe5c3752a8ebddff6be
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#943536http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/943536
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.cominnfeed-c-bo(6398)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6398
- securitytracker.com1001353http://securitytracker.com/id?1001353
- www.securityfocus.com2620http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2620
- www.securityfocus.com20010418 Re: Innfeed Buffer Overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/178011
- archives.neohapsis.com20010418 Innfeed Buffer Overflowhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0311.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- inn2 Fixed in 2.3.3+20020922-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- inn2 Fixed in 2.3.3+20020922-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- inn2 Fixed in 2.3.3+20020922-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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