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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Gain root remotely >> Buffer overflow in AIX lpd Vulnerability Assessment Details
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Buffer overflow in AIX lpd |
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Acertains if lpd is running Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The remote lpd daemon seems to be vulnerable to various buffer overrflows in the functions send_status(), kill_print() and chk_fhost(). *** Nessus solely relied on the version number of the remote *** operating system to issue this warning, so this might be a *** false positive See also : http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-30.html Solution : Upgrade AIX Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Renaud Deraison |
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