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CVE-2004-2068

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2004-05-21	leafnode fetchnews denial-of-service triggered by truncated transmission

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CVE-2004-2068 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2004-2068
Phase	Assigned(20050505)

Description

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.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2004-01.txt
VULNWATCH	20040109 leafnode -1.9.47 security announcement SA-2004-01
OSVDB	3441
SECUNIA	10590
XF	leafnode-fetchnews-nntp-dos(14189)