Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-1911 - Unspecified vulnerability in Leafnode
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The fetchnews NNTP client in leafnode 1.11.2 and earlier can hang while waiting for input that never arrives, which allows remote NNTP servers to cause a denial of service (news loss).
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
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) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_B5FFAA2AEE504498AF9961BC1B163C00.NASL description Matthias Andree reports : A vulnerability was found in the fetchnews program (the NNTP client) that may under some circumstances cause a wait for input that never arrives, fetchnews last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 19091 published 2005-07-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/19091 title FreeBSD : leafnode -- denial of service vulnerability (b5ffaa2a-ee50-4498-af99-61bc1b163c00)