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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52700
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Ports: leafnode
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following package is affected: leafnode

CVE-2005-1453
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.

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1453
http://secunia.com/advisories/15252
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q2/0037.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0468
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