CVE-2002-1661

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Leafnode: 1.9.19, 1.9.20, 1.9.21, 1.9.22, 1.9.23, 1.9.24 (+4)

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://secunia.com/advisories/7799
http://secunia.com/advisories/7801
http://secunia.com/advisories/7870
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
http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2002-01.txt
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104127108823436&w=2

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