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Rockliffe's MailSite overflow

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
MaiLSite buffer overflow

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote Rockliffe MailSite is subject to a buffer
overflow when issued the request :

GET /cgi-bin/wconsole.dll?AAAA....AAAA

This may be of some use to a possible hacker to run arbitrary code
on this system and/or deactivate it.

Solution : Upgrade to version 4.2.2 of this software
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 1244

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2000 Renaud Deraison

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