Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-06:06.kmem.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-06:06.kmem.asc
Insight
The network sub-system commonly utilizes the ioctl(2) mechanism to pass information regarding the current state and statistics of logical and physical network devices.
A buffer allocated from the kernel stack may not be completely initialized before being copied to userland. [CVE-2006-0379]
A logic error in computing a buffer length may allow too much data to be copied into userland. [CVE-2006-0380]
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2006-0379 -
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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