CVE-2005-1453 Denial of service in n/a
Remote NNTP servers can crash leafnode's fetchnews by closing connections during article reading, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-1453?
CVE-2005-1453 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1453?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Leafnode Leafnode.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1453?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-1453 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1453 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1453, GHSA-3mvm-cfg4-h2w9.