CVE-2001-1442 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the innfeed component of ISC InterNetNews (INN) versions prior to 2.3.0. This flaw allows local users belonging to the "news" group to escalate their privileges by supplying an excessively long command-line argument to innfeed. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB. Despite the existence of public exploits, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and the CVE has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.