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ntpd overflow

Vulnerability Assessment Summary crashes the remote ntpd Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The remote NTP server was vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack which permits anyone to use it to execute arbitrary code as root. Solution : disable this service if you do not use it, or upgrade Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 2540 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2001 Renaud Deraison

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