CVE-2005-0101

Exp

Buffer overflow in the socket_getline function in Newspost 2.1.1 and earlier allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string without a newline character.

Published: 2005-02-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0101 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 45.62%, 97th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.42% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-0101

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
785 exploit_db edb 2005-02-03 Exploit-DB ↗
25077 exploit_db edb 2005-02-01 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0101

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 40.20% 45.62% +5.42%
2 2025-03-29 45.62% 40.20% -5.42%
3 2025-03-23 — 45.62% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0101

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0101

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0101

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0101 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (newspost), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0101

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0101

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
newspost newspost <= 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:newspost:newspost:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0101

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