Remote NNTP Server Denial of Service Vulnerability in Leafnode 1.9.48 to 1.11.1

CVE-2005-1453 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

fetchnews in leafnode 1.9.48 to 1.11.1 allows remote NNTP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) by closing the connection while fetchnews is reading (1) an article header or (2) an article body, which also prevents fetchnews from querying other servers.

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