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It has been reported that fetchnews client is prone to a denial of service issue allowing a remote attacker to stall a fetchnews client by posting malformed Usenet news articles. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to hang a vulnerable fetchnews client therefore disabling news updates.

It has been reported that fetchnews client is prone to a denial of service issue allowing a remote attacker to stall a fetchnews client by posting malformed Usenet news articles. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to hang a vulnerable fetchnews client therefore disabling news updates.