Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 4, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-0909
CVE-2002-0909
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in mnews 1.22 and earlier allow (1) a remote NNTP server to execute arbitrary code via long responses, or local users can gain privileges via long command line arguments (2) -f, (3) -n, (4) -D, (5) -M, or (6) -P, or via long environment variables (7) JNAMES or (8) MAILSERVER.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
7- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9226.phpnvdVendor Advisory
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/9227.phpnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4899nvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4900nvdVendor Advisory
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0287.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- marc.infonvd
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