CVE-2003-0744 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The fetchnews NNTP client in leafnode 1.9.3 to 1.9.41 allows)
The fetchnews NNTP client in leafnode 1.9.3 to 1.9.41 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang and termination) via certain malformed Usenet news articles that cause fetchnews to hang while waiting for input.
| CVE ID | CVE-2003-0744 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2003-10-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | The fetchnews NNTP client in leafnode 1.9.3 to 1.9.41 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang and termination) via certain malformed Usenet news articles that cause fetchnews to hang while waiting for input. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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