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Cobalt RaQ2 cgiwrap

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of /cgi-bin/cgiwrap

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

'cgiwrap' is installed. If you are running an unpatched Cobalt RaQ,
the version of cgiwrap distributed with that system has a known
security flaw that lets anyone execute arbitrary
commands with the rights of the http daemon (root or nobody).

This flaw exists only on the Cobalt modified cgiwrap. Standard builds
of cgiwrap are not affected.

Solution : upgrade your Cobalt RaQ to apply fix
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 1238, 777

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Mathieu Perrin

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