CVE-2003-0744 Affecting leafnode package, versions <1.9.42


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.54% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LEAFNODE-276804
  • published20 Oct 2003
  • disclosed20 Oct 2003

Introduced: 20 Oct 2003

CVE-2003-0744  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 leafnode to version 1.9.42 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream leafnode package and not the leafnode package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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