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Microsoft NNTP Component Remote Overflow (883935)

critical Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2359

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Microsoft NNTP server that is vulnerable to a buffer overflow issue.

An attacker may exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands on the remote host with the privileges of the NNTP server process.

Solution

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-036.mspx

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 2359

Family: Generic

Published: 10/12/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 15465

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:exchange_server

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0574, CVE-2004-0840

BID: 11379, 11374