Leafnode up to 1.9.47 fetchnews denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Leafnode. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component fetchnews. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-2068. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Leafnode. This affects an unknown code of the component fetchnews. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

fetchnews in leafnode 1.9.47 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via an emptry NNTP news article with missing mandatory headers.

The bug was discovered 01/08/2004. The weakness was presented 01/09/2004 (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-2068 since 05/05/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18676 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : leafnode (MDKSA-2005:114)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (14189), Tenable (18676), OSVDB (3441†), Secunia (SA10590†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-15620†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Name

• Leafnode

Version

• 1.9.25
• 1.9.26
• 1.9.27
• 1.9.28
• 1.9.29
• 1.9.30
• 1.9.31
• 1.9.32
• 1.9.33
• 1.9.34
• 1.9.35
• 1.9.36
• 1.9.37
• 1.9.38
• 1.9.39
• 1.9.40
• 1.9.41
• 1.9.42
• 1.9.43
• 1.9.44
• 1.9.45
• 1.9.46
• 1.9.47

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 18676
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : leafnode (MDKSA-2005:114)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/08/2004 🔍
01/08/2004 +0 days 🔍
01/09/2004 +1 days 🔍
01/09/2004 +0 days 🔍
01/09/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +356 days 🔍
05/05/2005 +125 days 🔍
07/11/2005 +67 days 🔍
07/12/2005 +1 days 🔍
07/16/2007 +734 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +2793 days 🔍
07/22/2019 +1596 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-2068 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2068
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23013
X-Force: 14189
Secunia: 10590
OSVDB: 3441 - leafnode Missing Header DoS
Vulnerability Center: 15620 - Leafnode 1.9.47 and earlier Remote Denial of Service via an Empty NNTP News Article, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 15:52
Updated: 07/22/2019 09:38
Changes: 03/09/2015 15:52 (69), 07/22/2019 09:38 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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