01 Record
CVE-2002-1661
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-05-05 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-05-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e97cba3dc55f309348a9bb0ecde5552ea1e1b2602be2c8a07575d4b12ce2b123
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1005865http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005865
- secunia.com7801http://secunia.com/advisories/7801
- secunia.com7870http://secunia.com/advisories/7870
- leafnode.sourceforge.nethttp://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2002-01.txt
- marc.info20021229 Leafnode security announcement SA:2002:01http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104127108823436&w=2
- marc.info20030102 GLSA: leafnodehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104152295210075&w=2
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comleafnode-nntp-dos(10942)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10942
- secunia.com7799http://secunia.com/advisories/7799
- www.securityfocus.com6490http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6490
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2003:005http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:005