Nessus Plugin #17228

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NNTP message headers overflow

Family:

Gain a shell remotely

Category:

destructive_attack

Copyright:

This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

Sends a message with long headers to nntpd

Version:

$Revision

Cve_id:

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Bugtraq_id:

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Xrefs:

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Description:

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.

Risk factor : High