TITLE:
Newspost "socket_getline()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA14092

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14092/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Newspost 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/4589/

DESCRIPTION:
Niels Heinen has reported a vulnerability in Newspost, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the function
"socket_getline()" in "socket.c". This can be exploited by a
malicious NNTP server to cause a buffer overflow by sending a
specially crafted overly long respond.

Successful exploitation can lead to execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.1.1 and prior.

SOLUTION:
Don't use untrusted NNTP servers.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Niels Heinen

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://people.freebsd.org/~niels/issues/newspost-20050114.txt

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