GSD-2008-3252

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:23
Details
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.
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CVE-2008-3252
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