Could I get more information regarding this high severity vulnerability?

How is the vulnerability checked?  I am running the scan on code that is 
being developed and we need to know exactly what the issue is and how we 
can resolve or mitigate it.

This is all that is given for it in Result Details:

 Summary

The remote web server seems to be vulnerable to a format string attack on 
the URI. An attacker might use this flaw to make it crash or even execute 
arbitrary code on this host.
Vulnerability Detection Result

Vulnerability was detected according to the Vulnerability Detection 
Method.
Solution

upgrade your software or contact your vendor and inform him of this 
vulnerability
Vulnerability Detection Method

Details: Format string on URI (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.15640)

Version used: $Revision: 998 $



Monty
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