Summary
The remote host is missing an update to hpsockd
announced via advisory DSA 604-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20604-1
Insight
infamous41md discovered a buffer overflow condition in hpsockd, the socks server written at Hewlett-Packard. An exploit could cause the program to crash or may have worse effect.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.14.
We recommend that you upgrade your hpsockd package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0993 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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