Back
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…
High7.5EPSS 16.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 16.2% · top 3.1% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- newspost-socketgetline-bo(19178) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-200502-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://people.freebsd.org/~niels/issues/newspost-20050114.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 14098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050202 RE: SECURITEY.NNOV.RU NewsPost buffer overflow [EXPLOIT] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 14092 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1013056 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/7f13607b-6948-11d9-8937-00065be4b5b6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 12418 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .