Slrnpull is a companion program for the slrn newsreader that allows a user to retrieve news from an NNTP server to read offline. There is a buffer overflow while processing the NNTPSERVER environment variable that may allow an attacker obtain extra privileges. Since slrnpull is installed setgid 'news' this would allow an attacker to access the news spool and disrupt usenet news service. StyX
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 12750 ***
This is NOT A SECURITY THREAT!!! Someone needs to go shove a pole up Michal Zalewski's ass for reporting this as a security threat in Red Hat linux 6.2 and 6.1 because regular users CAN'T EVEN EXECUTE SLRNPULL because of it's permissions. If he had actually read my bugzilla posts instead of just skimming the contents before he took credit for finding them he would have noticed the permission on slrnpull which he did not, which makes it hard to believe he actually found this and tested it on his own. It takes all kinds... -Stan Bubrouski