CVE-2002-0525

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

Format string vulnerabilities in (1) inews or (2) rnews for INN 2.2.3 and earlier allow local users and remote malicious NNTP servers to gain privileges via format string specifiers in NTTP responses.

Format string vulnerabilities in (1) inews or (2) rnews for INN 2.2.3 and earlier allow local users and remote malicious NNTP servers to gain privileges via format string specifiers in NTTP responses.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

ISC INN

First reported 22 years ago

2002-08-12 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:28:00

Affected Software

ISC INN 2.0

2.0

ISC INN 2.1

2.1

ISC INN 2.2

2.2

ISC INN 2.2.1

2.2.1

ISC INN 2.2.2

2.2.2

ISC INN 2.2.3

2.2.3

References

20020411 Inn (Inter Net News) security problems

inn-rnews-inews-format-string(8834)

Vendor Advisory

4501

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

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