CVE-2001-1442

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    CVE-2001-1442

    Published: 21 Apr 2001Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0311.html, http://securitytracker.com/id?1001353, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/178011, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2620, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/178011, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2620, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/943536, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6398

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High