Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-0299 - Unspecified vulnerability in Freebsd 6.2

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

# This is a check for an OLD flaw
#


include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
   script_id(11354);
   script_version("1.14");
   script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:22");
   script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0299");

   script_name(english:"FreeBSD 2.x lpd Long DNS Hostname Overflow");
   script_summary(english:"Determines if lpd is running");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote host is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote lpd daemon seems to be vulnerable to a buffer overflow when
a host with a too long DNS host name connects to it.

*** Nessus solely relied on the version of the remote
*** operating system to issue an alert, so this
*** might be a false positive.");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99892644616749&w=2");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to FreeBSD 3.x.");
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2003/03/12");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"1997/03/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_end_attributes();


   script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
   script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2003-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
   script_family(english:"Gain a shell remotely");
   script_require_ports("Services/lpd", 515);
   script_dependencies("find_service1.nasl", "os_fingerprint.nasl");

   exit(0);
}



#
# The code starts here
#

os = get_kb_item("Host/OS");
if(!os)exit(0);
if("FreeBSD 2" >!< os)exit(0);

port = get_kb_item("Services/lpd");
if(!port)port = 515;

soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
if(!soc)exit(0);
else security_hole(port);