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Webnews.exe vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Web application abuses
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote host appears to be running WebNews, which offers web-based access to Usenet news. This CGI script suffers from a buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Some versions of WebNews are prone to a buffer overflow when processing a query string with an overly-long group parameter.
Solution
Solution
Apply the patch made released by the vendor on February 14th, 2002 if running Webnews 1.1 or older.