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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200502-05
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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