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://secunia.com/advisories/29917
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1303 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/86a4d810-1884-11dd-a914-0016179b2dd5.html
Insight
The following package is affected: mt-daapd
CVE-2008-1771
Integer overflow in the ws_getpostvars function in Firefly Media Server (formerly mt-daapd) 0.2.4.1 (0.9~r1696-1.2 on Debian) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP POST request with a large Content-Length.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-1771 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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