CVE-2002-1661

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-1661
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe leafnode server in leafnode 1.9.20 to 1.9.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) when leafnode requests a cross-posted article to one group whose name is a prefix of another group.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.19 All All All
Application Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.20 All All All
Application Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.21 All All All
Application Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.22 All All All
Application Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.23 All All All
Application Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.24 All All All
Application Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.25 All All All
Application Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.26 All All All
Application Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.27 All All All
Application Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.29 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Leafnode Resource Exhaustion Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2002-01.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 leafnode.sourceforge.net Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo updates to leafnode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandrake updates to leafnode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'GLSA: leafnode' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - leafnode Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mandriva Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Leafnode NNTP News Server Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
'Leafnode security announcement SA:2002:01' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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