# CVE-2005-0101: Buffer overflow in the socket\_getline function in Newspost 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2005-02-06 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in the socket_getline function in Newspost 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string without a newline character.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19178
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-05.xml
- http://people.freebsd.org/~niels/issues/newspost-20050114.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14098
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110746336728781&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14092/
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013056
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/7f13607b-6948-11d9-8937-00065be4b5b6.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12418
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25077
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/785

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