Vulnerability in Leafnode

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.

EPSS: 0.018 (76.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Leafnode — versions 1.9.19, 1.9.20, 1.9.21
  • N/a — versions n/a

References