CVE-2001-1442

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-04-21 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

ISC Inn: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3

References

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

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