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CVE-2003-0744

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2003-10-20 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Leafnode Leafnode

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References