Description
fetchnews in leafnode 1.9.48 to 1.11.1 allows remote NNTP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) by closing the connection while fetchnews is reading (1) an article header or (2) an article body, which also prevents fetchnews from querying other servers.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | leafnode | 1.11.2.rel-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | leafnode | 1.11.2.rel-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | leafnode | 1.11.2.rel-1 | — |
References
- http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2005-01.txt
- ADV-2005-0468 vdb-entry
- 20050504 leafnode security announcement leafnode-SA-2005-01 mailing-list
- 15252 third-party-advisory