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Vulnerability Assessment Details

NNTP message headers overflow

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Sends a message with long headers to nntpd

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Nessus was able to crash the remote NNTP server by sending
a message with long headers.
This flaw is probably a buffer overflow and might be exploitable
to run arbitrary code on this machine.

Solution : apply the latest patches from your vendor or
use a safer software.

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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