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CSCdx54675

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 LAN-to-LAN
IPSEC tunnel vulnerability which permits remote attackers
to cause a denial of service. Existing associations might
be removed when a new connection is made and no check is done
in order to acertain if the connection comes from the proper
network.

This vulnerability is documented as Cisco bug ID CSCdx54675

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: 5622

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

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