CVE-2005-1453
fetchnews in leafnode 1.9.48 to 1.11.1 allows remote NNTP servers to cause a denial of service ...
CVE-2005-1453 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Leafnode, published May 5, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.43%, the 73rd percentile. Fixed in leafnode 1.11.2.rel-1.
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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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.
- Record
CVE-2005-1453- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2005-1453- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-1456 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2005-1456- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3mvm-cfg4-h2w9 No score
fetchnews in leafnode 1.9.48 to 1.11.1 allows remote NNTP servers to cause a denial of service ...
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.
- Record
GHSA-3mvm-cfg4-h2w9- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2005-1453- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2005-1453 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1453- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2005-01.txt
vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0468
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2005-q2/0037.html
secunia.com/advisories/15252
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1453
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3mvm-cfg4-h2w9
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1453