CVE-2003-0744

N/A Unknown
Published: October 20, 2003 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2003-01.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106270038210736&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/9678
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.osvdb.org/6452
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8541
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2003-01.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106270038210736&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/9678
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/6452
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8541
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.3%
80th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

leafnode