GLSA 200502-05: Newspost: Buffer overflow vulnerability

A newspost security update is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-05
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Newspost: Buffer overflow vulnerability
Date: February 03, 2005
Bugs: #78530
ID: 200502-05

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Synopsis
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A buffer overflow can be exploited to crash Newspost remotely and potentially execute arbitrary code.

Background
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Newspost is a Usenet News binary autoposter.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-nntp/newspost < 2.0-r1 >= 2.0-r1

Description
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Niels Heinen has discovered a buffer overflow in the socket_getline() function of Newspost, which can be triggered by providing long strings that do not end with a newline character.

Impact
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A remote attacker could setup a malicious NNTP server and entice a Newspost user to post to it, leading to the crash of the Newspost process and potentially the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the Newspost user.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Newspost users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-nttp/newspost-2.0-r1"

References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-0101
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0101

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-05.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0