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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) v…

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.8%
percentile 79%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.84% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/ · mailing-list, x_refsource_VULNWATCH, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/8541 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/9678 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=106270038210736&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • leafnode.sourceforge.net /leafnode-SA-2003-01.txt · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /6452 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred

Sources

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