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CVE-2005-1911

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2005-06-09 leafnode -- denial of service vulnerability

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2005-1911
Phase Assigned(20050608)

Description

The fetchnews NNTP client in leafnode 1.11.2 and earlier can hang while waiting for input that never arrives, which allows remote NNTP servers to cause a denial of service (news loss).

References

Source Reference
VULNWATCH 20050608 leafnode security announcement leafnode-SA-2005-02 (CAN-2005-1911)
CONFIRM http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2005-02.txt