CVE-2002-0909

Multiple buffer overflows in mnews 1.22 and earlier allow (1) a remote NNTP server to execute arbitrary code via long responses, or local users can gain privileges via long command line arguments (2) -f, (3) -n, (4) -D, (5) -M, or (6) -P, or via long environment variables (7) JNAMES or (8) MAILSERVER.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

2.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 86th percentile

Published

2002-08-31

Updated

2024-08-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102306166201275&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102297259123103&w=2

Security advisories

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9226.php
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9227.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4899
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4900

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry