Description
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.
Published: 2003-09-06
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 1.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-0735 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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Leafnode Leafnode
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:12.566Z

Reserved: 2003-09-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0744

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-10-20T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:02:45.030

Link: CVE-2003-0744

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