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CSCdx92043

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

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Sending bogus ICMP redirect packets, a malicious
user can either disrupt or intercept communication
from a router.

This vulnerability is documented with the CISCO
bug ID CSCdx92043

Solution : Upgrade your version of IOS
See also : http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311336
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: 6823

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

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