{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2008-3252", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_article function in getarticle.c in newsx 1.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a news article containing a large number of lines starting with a period." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "newsx-readarticle-bo(43844)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43844" }, { "name": "31307", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31307" }, { "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454483", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454483" }, { "name": "31080", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31080" }, { "name": "DSA-1622", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1622" }, { "name": "30231", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30231" }, { "name": "FEDORA-2008-6321", "refsource": "FEDORA", "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00565.html" }, { "name": "FEDORA-2008-6319", "refsource": "FEDORA", "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00485.html" } ] } }