CVE-2004-2068

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14189

http://www.osvdb.org/3441

http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/VulnWatch/2004-01/0009.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/10590

http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2004-01.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00911