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| Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52457 |
| Category: | FreeBSD Local Security Checks |
| Title: | FreeBSD Ports: leafnode |
| Summary: | FreeBSD Ports: leafnode |
| Description: | The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. The following package is affected: leafnode CVE-2003-0744 The fetchnews 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. Solution: Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2003-01 http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=5975563 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.leafnode.announce/21 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/7b0208ff-3f65-4e16-8d4d-48fd9851f085.html |
| Cross-Ref: |
BugTraq ID: 8541 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0744 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/ Bugtraq: 20030904 leafnode 1.9.3 - 1.9.41 security announcement SA-2003-01 (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=106270038210736&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8541 http://www.osvdb.org/6452 http://secunia.com/advisories/9678 |
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