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Network Service Long Line Handling Remote DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 11175

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

It was possible to kill the service by sending a single long text line. This may indicate the presence of a buffer overflow. An attacker may be able to use this flaw to crash your software or even execute arbitrary code on your system.

Solution

Contact your product vendor for a patch.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 11175

File Name: line_overflow.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.21

Type: remote

Published: 11/27/2002

Updated: 5/26/2014

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport