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Vulnerability Assessment Details

FreeBSD : SA-04:10.cvs

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of FreeBSD

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running a version of FreeBSD which contains a
heap overflow in the cvs pserver code. This flaw may be used by a possible hacker
to execute arbitrary code on the remote host, provided that it's running
a cvs pserver.

Solution : http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/f93be979-a992-11d8-aecc-000d610a3b12.html
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 10384

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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