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A vulnerability was found in Fedora newsx 1.6. It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects the function read_article
of the file getarticle.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_article function in getarticle.c in newsx 1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period.
The bug was discovered 07/08/2008. The weakness was shared 07/21/2008 by Enrico Scholz as Bug 454483 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-3252 since 07/21/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/15/2019).
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33514 (Fedora 8 : newsx-1.6-8.fc8 (2008-6319)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43844) and Tenable (33514).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 33514
Nessus Name: Fedora 8 : newsx-1.6-8.fc8 (2008-6319)
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OpenVAS ID: 61374
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1622-1 (newsx)
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Sources
Advisory: Bug 454483Researcher: Enrico Scholz
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CVE: CVE-2008-3252 (🔍)
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X-Force: 43844
Vulnerability Center: 19066 - Newsx 1.6 read_article Function Stack-based Buffer Overflow Allows Remote Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30231 - Newsx 'read_article()' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 31080
OSVDB: 47160 - newsx - 'read_article()' Buffer Overflow Issue
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 12:19Updated: 08/15/2019 08:20
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (74), 08/15/2019 08:20 (8)
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