CVE-2005-1911 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the fetchnews NNTP client in leafnode versions 1.11.2 and earlier. A malicious remote NNTP server can exploit this by causing the client to hang indefinitely while awaiting input, leading to a loss of news services. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.9.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:leafnode:leafnode:1.9.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:leafnode:leafnode:1.9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:leafnode:leafnode:1.9.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:leafnode:leafnode:1.9.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.9.23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:leafnode:leafnode:1.9.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.