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INN Control Message overflow

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks INN version

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running INN 2.4.0.

There is a known security flaw in this version of INN which may permit an
attacker to execute arbitrary code on this server.

See also : http://www.isc.org/products/INN/
Solution : upgrade to version 2.4.1
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 9382

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