Vulnerability CVE-2002-1661
Published: 2002-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The leafnode server in leafnode 1.9.20 to 1.9.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) when leafnode requests a cross-posted article to one group whose name is a prefix of another group.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Leafnode -> Leafnode 

 References:
http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2002-01.txt
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104127108823436&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104152295210075&w=2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:005
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6490
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005865
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10942
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