SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-1911

The fetchnews NNTP client in leafnode 1.11.2 and earlier can hang while waiting for input that never arrives, which allows remote NNTP servers to cause a denial of service (news loss).

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.14%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.14%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The fetchnews NNTP client in leafnode 1.11.2 and earlier can hang while waiting for input that never arrives, which allows remote NNTP servers to cause a denial of service (news loss).

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
1.14% probability · 65th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
leafnode/leafnode
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.