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CSCdi36962

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

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote seems to be vulnerable to a flaw in IOS when
the keyword 'tacacs-ds' or 'tacacs' is being used in
extended ACLs.

This bug can, under very specific circumstances and only with
certain IP host implementations, permit unauthorized packets to
circumvent a filtering router.

This vulnerability is documented as Cisco Bug ID CSCdi36962.

Solution : http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/1.html
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: 703

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2002 Renaud Deraison

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