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Roxen counter module

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Roxen counter module installed ?

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
The Roxen Challenger webserver is running and the counter module is installed.
Requesting large counter GIFs eats up CPU-time on the server. If the server does not support threads this will prevent the server from serving other clients.

Solution : Disable the counter-module. There might be a patch available in the future.

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

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