Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11732
Category:	Web application abuses
Title:	Webnews.exe Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Summary:	The remote host appears to be running WebNews, which offers web-based; access to Usenet news. This CGI script suffers from a buffer overflow vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: The remote host appears to be running WebNews, which offers web-based access to Usenet news. This CGI script suffers from a buffer overflow vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: Some versions of WebNews are prone to a buffer overflow when processing a query string with an overly-long group parameter. Vulnerability Impact: An attacker may be able to leverage this issue to execute arbitrary shell code on the remote host subject to the permissions of the web server user id. Solution: Apply the patch made released by the vendor on February 14th, 2002 if running Webnews 1.1 or older. CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-0290 BugTraq ID: 4124 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4124 Bugtraq: 20020218 Netwin Webnews Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (#NISR18022002) (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101413521417638&w=2 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8220.php
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2003 John Lampe

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