CVE-2003-0744

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    CVE-2003-0744

    Published: 20 Oct 2003Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/, http://secunia.com/advisories/9678, http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2003-01.txt, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106270038210736&w=2, http://www.osvdb.org/6452, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8541

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High