Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-2068 - Unspecified vulnerability in Leafnode
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN leafnode
nessus
Summary
fetchnews in leafnode 1.9.47 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via an empty NNTP news article with missing mandatory headers.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family Misc. NASL id LEAFNODE_1_9_47.NASL description According to its version number, the remote Leafnode NNTP server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. Specifically, it may hang without consuming CPU when attempting to read a news article with missing mandatory headers. This means that news will not be updated until the fetchnews process is killed. Note that Nessus did not actually test for the flaw but instead has relied on the version in Leafnode last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 42260 published 2009-10-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/42260 title leafnode fetchnews DoS code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if(description) { script_id(42260); script_version ("1.7"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/10 18:07:07"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2068"); script_name(english:"leafnode fetchnews DoS"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack." ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to its version number, the remote Leafnode NNTP server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. Specifically, it may hang without consuming CPU when attempting to read a news article with missing mandatory headers. This means that news will not be updated until the fetchnews process is killed. Note that Nessus did not actually test for the flaw but instead has relied on the version in Leafnode's banner so this may be a false positive."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value: "http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2004-01.txt"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to 1.9.48 or later." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2009/10/27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2004/01/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote"); script_end_attributes(); script_summary(english:"Check Leafnode version number for flaws"); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Misc."); script_dependencie("nntpserver_detect.nasl"); script_require_ports("Services/nntp", 119); script_require_keys("nntp/leafnode"); exit(0); } # port = get_kb_item("Services/nntp"); if (! port) port = 119; if (! get_port_state(port)) exit(0); k = string("nntp/banner/", port); b = get_kb_item(k); if (! b) { soc = open_sock_tcp(port); if (! soc) exit(0); b = recv_line(socket: soc, length: 2048); close(soc); } # Example of banner: # 200 Leafnode NNTP Daemon, version 1.9.32.rel running at localhost (my fqdn: www.nessus.org) if ("Leafnode" >< b) { if (ereg(string: b, pattern: "version +1\.9\.([3-9]|[1-3][0-9]|4[0-7])[^0-9]")) { security_warning(port: port); } }
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_A051A4EC3AA14DD19BDCA61EB5700153.NASL description When a downloaded news article ends prematurely, i. e. when the server sends [CR]LF.[CR]LF before sending a blank line, fetchnews may wait indefinitely for data that never arrives. Workaround: configure last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 37223 published 2009-04-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/37223 title FreeBSD : leafnode fetchnews denial-of-service triggered by truncated transmission (a051a4ec-3aa1-4dd1-9bdc-a61eb5700153) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(37223); script_version("1.15"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:36"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2068"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : leafnode fetchnews denial-of-service triggered by truncated transmission (a051a4ec-3aa1-4dd1-9bdc-a61eb5700153)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "When a downloaded news article ends prematurely, i. e. when the server sends [CR]LF.[CR]LF before sending a blank line, fetchnews may wait indefinitely for data that never arrives. Workaround: configure 'minlines=1' (or use a bigger value) in the configuration file. Found by Toni Viemero." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2004-01.txt" ); # http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=873149&group_id=57767&atid=485349 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e5e0c72b" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.leafnode.announce/32" ); # http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=6922570 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6bf5f6b4" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61105" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/a051a4ec-3aa1-4dd1-9bdc-a61eb5700153.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a5c0cab3" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:leafnode"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/01/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/05/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/04/23"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("freebsd_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"leafnode<=1.9.47")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_LEAFNODE_1947.NASL description The following package needs to be updated: leafnode last seen 2016-09-26 modified 2004-07-06 plugin id 12559 published 2004-07-06 reporter Tenable source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=12559 title FreeBSD : leafnode fetchnews denial-of-service triggered by truncated transmission (88) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 999999 # @DEPRECATED@ # # This script has been deprecated by freebsd_pkg_a051a4ec3aa14dd19bdca61eb5700153.nasl. # # Disabled on 2011/10/02. # # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # This script contains information extracted from VuXML : # # Copyright 2003-2006 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # # # include('compat.inc'); if ( description ) { script_id(12559); script_version("1.10"); script_cve_id("CVE-2004-2068"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : leafnode fetchnews denial-of-service triggered by truncated transmission (88)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:'synopsis', value: 'The remote host is missing a security update'); script_set_attribute(attribute:'description', value:'The following package needs to be updated: leafnode'); script_set_attribute(attribute: 'cvss_vector', value: 'CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P'); script_set_attribute(attribute:'solution', value: 'Update the package on the remote host'); script_set_attribute(attribute: 'see_also', value: 'http://coppermine-gallery.net/forum/index.php?topic=48106.0 http://drupal.org/node/184315 http://drupal.org/node/184316 http://drupal.org/node/184320 http://drupal.org/node/184348 http://drupal.org/node/184354 http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2004-01.txt http://secunia.com/advisories/27292 http://secunia.com/advisories/27292 http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=873149&group_id=57767&atid=485349 http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-09.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-10.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-11.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-12.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-13.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-14.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-15.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-16.html http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-17.html'); script_set_attribute(attribute:'see_also', value: 'http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports/portaudit/a051a4ec-3aa1-4dd1-9bdc-a61eb5700153.html'); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2004/07/06"); script_end_attributes(); script_summary(english:"Check for leafnode"); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); family["english"] = "FreeBSD Local Security Checks"; script_family(english:family["english"]); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } # Deprecated. exit(0, "This plugin has been deprecated. Refer to plugin #37223 (freebsd_pkg_a051a4ec3aa14dd19bdca61eb5700153.nasl) instead."); global_var cvss_score; cvss_score=5; include('freebsd_package.inc'); pkg_test(pkg:"leafnode<=1.9.47");
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2005-114.NASL description A number of vulnerabilities in the leafnode NNTP server package have been found : A vulnerability in the fetchnews program that could under some circumstances cause a wait for input that never arrives, which in turn would cause fetchnews to hang (CVE-2004-2068). Two vulnerabilities in the fetchnews program can cause fetchnews to crash when the upstream server closes the connection and leafnode is receiving an article header or an article body, which prevent leafnode from querying other servers that are listed after that particular server in the configuration file (CVE-2005-1453). Finally, another vulnerability in the fetchnews program could also cuase a wait for input that never arrives, causing fetchnews to hang (CVE-2005-1911). The updated packages have been patched to correct this problem. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 18676 published 2005-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18676 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : leafnode (MDKSA-2005:114)
References
- http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2004-01.txt
- http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2004-01.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10590
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10590
- http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/VulnWatch/2004-01/0009.html
- http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/VulnWatch/2004-01/0009.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/3441
- http://www.osvdb.org/3441
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14189
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14189