Nessus Plugin #17296

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Kill service with random data

Family:
Denial of Service
Category:
denial
Copyright:
This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi
Summary:
Sends random data to the remote service
Version:
$Revision: 1.2 $
Cve_id:
CAN-1999-1196
Bugtraq_id:
158
Xrefs:
-
Description:

It was possible to crash the remote service by sending it
a few kilobytes of random data.

An attacker may use this flaw to make this service crash continuously,
preventing this service from working properly. It may also be possible
to exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on this host.

Solution : upgrade your software or contact your vendor and inform it of this
vulnerability
Risk factor : High
Generiert am 27.04.2005 um 18:49:54 Uhr.