Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10560
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	SuSE's identd overflow
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: Ident is a protocol which gives to the remote server the name of the user who initiated a given connection. It's mainly used by IRC, SMTP and POP servers to obtain the login name of the person who is using their services. There is a flaw in the remote identd daemon which allows anyone to crash this service remotely. Solution : disable this service if you do not use it, or upgrade Risk factor : Low
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 587 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-1999-0746 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/587 Bugtraq: 19990814 DOS against SuSE's identd (Google Search) SuSE Security Announcement: 19990824 Security hole in netcfg (Google Search) XForce ISS Database: suse-identd-dos
Copyright	This script is Copyright (C) 2000 Renaud Deraison

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