leafnode up to 1.11.1 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in leafnode 1.9.48/1.9.52/1.9.53/1.10.0/1.11.1. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2005-1453. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in leafnode 1.9.48/1.9.52/1.9.53/1.10.0/1.11.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 05/04/2005. The weakness was disclosed 05/05/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at leafnode.sourceforge.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-1453 since 05/05/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 18966 (FreeBSD : leafnode -- fetchnews denial-of-service triggered by transmission abort/timeout (66dbb2ee-99b8-45b2-bb3e-640caea67a60)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (18966), SecurityFocus (BID 13489†), OSVDB (16187†), Secunia (SA15252†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8683†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 18966
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : leafnode -- fetchnews denial-of-service triggered by transmission abort/timeout (66dbb2ee-99b8-45b2-bb3e-640caea67a60)
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OpenVAS ID: 52700
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: leafnode
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/11/2015 +3516 days 🔍
06/07/2019 +1549 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: leafnode.sourceforge.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-1453 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1453
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25087
SecurityFocus: 13489 - Leafnode fetchnews Client Article Header Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 15252 - leafnode Two Denial of Service Issues, Not Critical
OSVDB: 16187 - Leafnode body denial of service
Vulnerability Center: 8683 - DoS in Fetchnews in Leafnods 1.9.48 - 1.11.1 via Timed Connection Close, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-0468

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/07/2019 12:34
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (75), 06/07/2019 12:34 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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