CVE-2001-1442 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published 21 Apr 2005 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Local users in the news group can gain privileges via a buffer overflow in innfeed using a long command line argument.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2001-1442?

CVE-2001-1442 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Apr 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in innfeed for ISC InterNetNews (INN) before 2.3.0 allows local users in the "news" group to gain privileges via a long -c command line argument.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-1442?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Isc Inn.

How do I fix CVE-2001-1442?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2001-1442 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-1442 exists.

Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2001-1442, GHSA-wffw-62v7-rrv7.