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://www.nlnetlabs.nl/publications/NSD_vulnerability_announcement.html http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/37a8603d-4494-11de-bea7-000c29a67389.html
Insight
The following packages are affected:
nsd
nsd2
CVE-2009-1755
Off-by-one error in the packet_read_query_section function in packet.c in nsd 3.2.1, and process_query_section in query.c in nsd 2.3.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a buffer overflow.
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2009-1755 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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