Summary
The remote host is missing an update to slrn
announced via advisory DSA 078-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20078-1
Insight
Byrial Jensen found a nasty problem in slrn (a threaded news reader).
The notice on slrn-announce describes it as follows:
When trying to decode binaries, the built-in code executes any shell scripts the article might contain, apparently assuming they would be some kind of self-extracting archive.
This problem has been fixed in version 0.9.6.2-9potato2 by removing this feature.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2001-1035 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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