PT-2003-1837 · Leafnode · Leafnode

Joshua Crawford · Published 2003-09-06 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2003-0744

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: leafnode versions 1.9.3 through 1.9.41

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in process hang and termination, by sending certain malformed Usenet news articles that cause the fetchnews NNTP client to hang while waiting for input.

Recommendations: For leafnode versions 1.9.3 through 1.9.41, consider disabling the fetchnews NNTP client until a patch is available to prevent the denial of service.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0744

Affected Products

Leafnode

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-0744 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0744 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0744 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0744 · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/6452 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/9678 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/8541 · Note
• http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2003-01.txt · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106270038210736&w=2 · Note