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SuSE's identd overflow

Vulnerability Assessment Summary crashes the remote identd Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Ident is a protocol which gives to the remote server the name of the user who initiated a given connection. It's mainly used by IRC, SMTP and POP servers to obtain the login name of the person who is using their services. There is a flaw in the remote identd daemon which permits anyone to crash this service remotely. Solution : disable this service if you do not use it, or upgrade Network Security Threat Level: Low Networks Security ID: 587 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2000 Renaud Deraison

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