Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib.asc
Solution
Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release or security branch dated after the correction date
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib.asc
Insight
zlib is a compression library used by numerous applications to provide data compression/decompression routines.
An error in the handling of corrupt compressed data streams can result in a buffer being overflowed.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-2096 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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