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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.14683
Category:Buffer overflow
Title:INN buffer overflow
Summary:The remote version of this INN (InterNetNews) server; does not do proper bounds checking.
Description:Summary:
The remote version of this INN (InterNetNews) server
does not do proper bounds checking.

Vulnerability Impact:
An attacker may exploit this issue to crash the remote
service by overflowing some of the buffers by sending a maliciously formatted news article.

Solution:
Upgrade to version 2.2.2 or later.

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 1249
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2000-0360
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1249
Caldera Security Advisory: CSSA-1999-038.0
ftp://ftp.calderasystems.com/pub/OpenLinux/security/CSSA-1999-038.0.txt
SuSE Security Announcement: 19991124 Security hole in inn <= 2.2.1 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_34.html
XForce ISS Database: inn-remote-dos
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak

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