01 Record
CVE-2005-0101
Buffer overflow in the socket_getline function in Newspost 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string without a newline character.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the socket_getline function in Newspost 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string without a newline character.
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
- 16.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.7% 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
- 2005-02-06 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-01-18
- 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
- 41faf0072174fd1e5c002c044af0280b57adf244ff9eb8c2433df8e6f9ba9c5b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comnewspost-socketgetline-bo(19178)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19178
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200502-05http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-05.xml
- people.freebsd.orghttp://people.freebsd.org/~niels/issues/newspost-20050114.txt
- secunia.com14098http://secunia.com/advisories/14098
- marc.info20050202 RE: SECURITEY.NNOV.RU NewsPost buffer overflow [EXPLOIT]http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110746336728781&w=2
- secunia.com14092http://secunia.com/advisories/14092/
- securitytracker.com1013056http://securitytracker.com/id?1013056
- www.vuxml.orghttp://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/7f13607b-6948-11d9-8937-00065be4b5b6.html
- www.securityfocus.com12418http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12418