Plugin ID | 189 |
Plugin name | ISC INN prior 2.2.2 news articles buffer overflows |
Plugin filename | ISC INN prior 2.2.2 news articles buffer overflows.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 3251 bytes |
Plugin family | Denial of Service |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2004/09/09 |
Plugin updated name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin updated email | marc dot ruef at computec dot ch |
Plugin updated web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin updated company | computec.ch |
Plugin updated date | 2004/11/13 |
Plugin version | 1.1 |
Plugin changelog | Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.1 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 119 |
Plugin procedure detection | open|sleep|close|pattern_exists *20[0-9]*INN 2.[0-1].* OR *20[0-9]*INN 2.2.[0-2]* |
Plugin detection accuracy | 80 |
Plugin comment | Check is inspired by the Nessus plugin. |
Bug published date | 1999/11/24 |
Bug advisory | http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/2007 |
Bug affected | ISC INN prior 2.2.2 |
Bug not affected | ISC INN 2.2.2 and newer |
Bug vulnerability class | Buffer Overflow |
Bug description | The remote host is running INN prior 2.2.2. There are some bugs which makes it vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks. An attacker may use corrupt news messages to start denial of service attacks or perhaps to run arbitrary code in the context of the server. |
Bug solution | You should upgrade to version 2.2.2 or higher. S.u.S.E. has released updated RPMs for S.u.S.E. 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3. Change the application banner of the affected news server to make it harder to run pre-defined and automated attacks against the vulnerability. Also limit unwanted connections and communications with firewalling if possible. |
Bug fixing time | Approx. 45 minutes |
Bug exploit availability | Maybe |
Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1249/exploit/ |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | High |
Bug popularity | 7 |
Bug simplicity | 6 |
Bug impact | 9 |
Bug risk | 7 |
Bug Nessus risk | High |
Bug check tools | Nessus is able to do the same check. |
Source CVE | CVE-2000-0360 |
Source SecurityFocus BID | 1249 |
Source OSVDB ID | 1353 |
Source Nessus ID | 14683 |
Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
Source Misc. | http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/1889 |