Nessus Plugin #17295

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poppassd USER overflow

Family:

Gain root remotely

Category:

destructive_attack

Copyright:

This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

Sends a too long USER command to poppassd

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Cve_id:

-

Bugtraq_id:

75

Xrefs:

-

Description:

The remote poppassd daemon crashes when a too
long name is sent after the USER command.

It might be possible for a remote cracker to run
arbitrary code on this machine.

Solution : upgrade your software or use another one

Risk factor : High