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CISCO IOS H.323 Protocol Implementation Flaws

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Uses SNMP to determine if a flaw is present

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote router contains a version of IOS which has multiple flaws when
dealing with packets using the H.323 protocol. These flaws range from
a denial of service to possible code execution.

A possible hacker may use this flaw to render this router inoperable or take
its control.

Solution : http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040113-h323.shtml
Network Security Threat Level: High

*** As Nessus solely relied on the banner of the remote host
*** this might be a false positive

Networks Security ID: 9406

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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