Leafnode fetchnews Client Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:8541

Info

Leafnode fetchnews Client Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8541
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 04 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 04 2003 12:00AM
Credit: The disclosure of this issue has been credited to Toni Viemerö.
Vulnerable: Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.47
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.45
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.43
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.42
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.41
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.40
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.39
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.38
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.37
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.36
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.35
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.31
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.30
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.29
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.27
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.26
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.25
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.24
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.23
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.22
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.21
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.20
Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.19
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
Not Vulnerable: Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.48

Discussion

Leafnode fetchnews Client Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

It has been reported that fetchnews client is prone to a denial of service issue allowing a remote attacker to stall a fetchnews client by posting malformed Usenet news articles.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to hang a vulnerable fetchnews client therefore disabling news updates.

Exploit / POC

Leafnode fetchnews Client Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Leafnode fetchnews Client Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released leafnode version 1.9.48 to address this issue. Users are advised to upgrade to the fixed version.


Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.19

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.20

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.21

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.22

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.23

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.24

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.25

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.26

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.27

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.29

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.30

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.31

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.35

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.36

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.37

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.38

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.39

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.40

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.41

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.42

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.43

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.45

Leafnode Leafnode 1.9.47

References

Leafnode fetchnews Client Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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