VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2003-0744
The fetchnews NNTP client in leafnode 1.9.3 to 1.9.41 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang and termination) via certain malformed Usenet news articles that cause fetchnews to hang while waiting for input.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.84%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.84%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The fetchnews NNTP client in leafnode 1.9.3 to 1.9.41 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang and termination) via certain malformed Usenet news articles that cause fetchnews to hang while waiting for input.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.84% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- leafnode/leafnode
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/Vendor Advisory
- http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2003-01.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106270038210736&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9678
- http://www.osvdb.org/6452
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8541
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/Vendor Advisory
- http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2003-01.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106270038210736&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9678
- http://www.osvdb.org/6452
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8541
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.