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CSCdw33027

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

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

It is possible to make the remote IOS crash when sending
it malformed SSH packets.

Solution : See http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/SSH-scanning.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: 5114

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2003 Renaud Deraison

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