Summary
The remote host is missing an update to nut
announced via advisory DSA 2484-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202484-1
Insight
Sebastian Pohle discovered that upsd, the server of Network UPS Tools (NUT) is vulnerable to a remote denial of service attack.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.3-1.1squeeze2.
For the testing distribution (wheezy) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your nut packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2012-2944 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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