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CSCdx39981

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

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote VPN concentrator is subject to a VPN client
authentication vulnerability that can force a reload of the
conectrator when a very large string for the username prompt is sent.

This vulnerability is documented as Cisco bug ID CSCdx39981

Solution :
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/vpn3k-multiple-vuln-pub.shtml
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

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

Networks Security ID: 5625

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

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