Vulnerabilities

The STARTTLS implementation in nnrpd in INN before 2.5.3 does not properly restrict I/O buffering, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert commands into encrypted sessions by sending a cleartext command that i…

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.

Buffer overflow in the ARTpost function in art.c in the control message handling code for INN 2.4.0 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Format string vulnerabilities in (1) inews or (2) rnews for INN 2.2.3 and earlier allow local users and remote malicious NNTP servers to gain privileges via format string specifiers in NTTP responses.

Buffer overflow in innd 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a cancel request containing a long message ID.

Buffer overflow in nnrpd program in INN up to version 1.6 allows remote users to execute arbitrary commands.

Buffer overflow in INN 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a maliciously formatted article.

The INN inndstart program allows local users to gain privileges by specifying an alternate configuration file using the INNCONF environmental variable.

The INN inndstart program allows local users to gain root privileges via the "pathrun" parameter in the inn.conf file.

ucbmail allows remote attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters that are passed to it from INN.

Linux xmonisdn package allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS or PATH environmental variables.

Buffer overflow in INN inews program.

Remote access in AIX innd 1.5.1, using control messages.

Command execution via shell metachars in INN daemon (innd) 1.5 using "newgroup" and "rmgroup" control messages, and others.