The fetchnews client in leafnode 1.9.3 to 1.9.41 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servic
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 11 |
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![]() | CVE-2003-0744 | 6 Sep 200304:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: leafnode | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: leafnode | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: leafnode | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: leafnode | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | FreeBSD Ports: leafnode | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | CVE-2003-0744 | 20 Oct 200304:00 | – | cve |
![]() | leafnode fetchnews denial-of-service triggered by missing header | 20 Jun 200300:00 | – | freebsd |
![]() | CVE-2003-0744 | 20 Oct 200304:00 | – | nvd |
![]() | FreeBSD : leafnode fetchnews denial-of-service triggered by missing header (7b0208ff-3f65-4e16-8d4d-48fd9851f085) | 13 Jul 200500:00 | – | nessus |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52457");
script_version("2023-07-26T05:05:09+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-26 05:05:09 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-04 20:41:11 +0200 (Thu, 04 Sep 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0744");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("FreeBSD Ports: leafnode");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsd", "ssh/login/freebsdrel");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following package is affected: leafnode
CVE-2003-0744
The fetchnews 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.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2003-01");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8541");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=5975563");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.leafnode.announce/21");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/7b0208ff-3f65-4e16-8d4d-48fd9851f085.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-bsd.inc");
vuln = FALSE;
txt = "";
bver = portver(pkg:"leafnode");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"1.9.3")>=0 && revcomp(a:bver, b:"1.9.41")<=0) {
txt += 'Package leafnode version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
vuln = TRUE;
}
if(vuln) {
security_message(data:txt);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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