CVE-2002-0525 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2002-06-11

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 4.1% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2.3:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0520	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04121.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0140.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8834.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4501

History

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Subscriptions

Isc Inn

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-06-11T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:49:28.777Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0525

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:57:36.587

Link: CVE-2002-0525

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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