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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11354
Category:Gain root remotely
Title:Buffer overflow in FreeBSD 2.x lpd
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote lpd daemon seems to be vulnerable to a
buffer overflow when a host with a too long DNS host
name connects to it.

*** Nessus solely relied on the version of the remote
*** operating system to issue an alert, so this
*** might be a false positive

Solution : Upgrade to FreeBSD 3.x
Risk factor : High

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-1999-0299
NAI Labs Security Advisory: NAI-9
http://www.osvdb.org/6093
CopyrightThis script is Copyright (C) 2003 Renaud Deraison

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