PT-2005-2449 · Leafnode · Leafnode

Published 2005-05-05 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2005-1453

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 1.9.48 through 1.11.1

Description: The issue allows remote NNTP servers to cause a denial of service by closing the connection while reading an article header or body, preventing fetchnews from querying other servers.

Recommendations: For leafnode versions 1.9.48 through 1.11.1, consider implementing a workaround to handle connection closures from remote NNTP servers to prevent denial of service. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1453

Affected Products

Leafnode

References · 8

• http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2005-01.txt · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1453 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1453 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-1453 · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q2/0037.html · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15252 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1453 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0468 · Note