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- #
- # This script was written by Noam Rathaus <noamr@securiteam.com>
- #
- # See the Nessus Scripts License for details
- #
-
- if(description)
- {
- script_id(10159);
- script_version ("$Revision: 1.14 $");
- name["english"] = "News Server type and version";
- script_name(english:name["english"]);
-
- desc["english"] = "This detects the News Server's type and version by connecting to the server
- and processing the buffer received.
- This information gives potential attackers additional information about the
- system they are attacking. Versions and Types should be omitted
- where possible.
-
- Solution: Change the login banner to something generic
-
- Risk factor : Low";
-
- script_description(english:desc["english"]);
-
- summary["english"] = "News Server type and version";
- script_summary(english:summary["english"]);
-
- script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
-
- script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 1999 SecuriTeam");
- script_family(english:"Service detection");
-
- script_dependencie("find_service_3digits.nasl");
- script_require_ports("Services/nntp", 119);
-
- exit(0);
- }
-
- #
- # The script code starts here
- #
-
- port = get_kb_item("Services/nntp");
- if (!port) port = 119;
-
- if (get_port_state(port))
- {
- soctcp119 = open_sock_tcp(port);
-
- if (soctcp119)
- {
- resultrecv = recv_line(socket:soctcp119, length:1024);
- if(!resultrecv)exit(0);
- resultrecv = string("Remote NNTP server version : ", resultrecv);
- security_note(port:port, data:resultrecv);
- close(soctcp119);
- }
-
- }
-