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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56105
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Ports: bogofilter
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following package is affected: bogofilter

CVE-2005-4591
Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter 0.96.2, 0.95.2, 0.94.14,
0.94.12, and other versions from 0.93.5 to 0.96.2, when using Unicode
databases, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via 'invalid input
sequences' that lead to heap corruption when bogofilter or bogolexer
converts character sets.

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-4591
BugTraq ID: 16171
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16171
http://secunia.com/advisories/18352
http://secunia.com/advisories/18427
http://secunia.com/advisories/18717
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:003 (Google Search)
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/240-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0100
XForce ISS Database: bogofilter-unicode-bo(24118)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24118
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