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CVE-2003-0744
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)…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.8%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 20030903 leafnode 1.9.3 - 1.9.41 security announcement SA-2003-01 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- 8541 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 9678 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20030904 leafnode 1.9.3 - 1.9.41 security announcement SA-2003-01 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2003-01.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 6452 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .