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Systat Service Remote Information Disclosure

🗓️ 22 Jun 1999 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Checks for remote exposure of sensitive information through the Systat service; disable it.

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ReporterTitlePublishedViews
Family
CVE
CVE-1999-0637
4 Feb 200005:00
cve
Cvelist
CVE-1999-0637
4 Feb 200005:00
cvelist
EUVD
EUVD-1999-0620
7 Oct 202500:30
euvd
NVD
CVE-1999-0637
1 Jan 199905:00
nvd
Positive Technologies
PT-1999-1239 · Undefined · Undefined
1 Jan 199900:00
ptsecurity
RedhatCVE
CVE-1999-0637
7 Jan 202609:38
redhatcve
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include( 'compat.inc' );

if(description)
{
  script_id(10275);
  script_version ("$Revision: 1.20 $");
  script_cvs_date("$Date: 2016/12/14 20:33:27 $");
  script_cve_id("CVE-1999-0637");

  script_name(english:"Systat Service Remote Information Disclosure");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for systat");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:'synopsis',
    value:'The remote service inherently exposes potentially sensitive information.'
  );

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:'description',
    value:"The 'systat' service provides useful information
to an attacker, such as which processes are running, who is running them,
and so on. It is highly recommended that you disable this service."
  );

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:'solution',
    value:"Comment out the 'systat' line in /etc/inetd.conf"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:'see_also',
    value:'http://www.apps.ietf.org/rfc/rfc866.html'
  );


 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "1999/06/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 1999-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Misc.");
  script_dependencie("find_service1.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/systat", 11);
  exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#

port = get_kb_item("Services/systat");
if(!port)port = 11;
if(get_port_state(port))
{
 soc = open_sock_tcp(port);
 if(soc)
 {
  data = recv_line(socket:soc, length:1024);
  if("pid" >< tolower(data) )security_warning(port);
  close(soc);
 }
}

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