Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=104162752401212&w=2 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/c4b7badf-24ca-11d8-82e5-0020ed76ef5a.html
Insight
The following package is affected: libmcrypt
CVE-2003-0031
Multiple buffer overflows in libmcrypt before 2.5.5 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).
CVE-2003-0032
Memory leak in libmcrypt before 2.5.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the application, which causes libmcrypt to dynamically load algorithms via libtool.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2003-0031, CVE-2003-0032 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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