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p-smash DoS (ICMP 9 flood)

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Flood the remote machine with ICMP 9 Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment It was possible to crash the remote machine by flooding it with ICMP type 9 packets. A cracker may use this attack to make this host crash continuously, preventing you from working properly. Solution : upgrade your Windows 9x operating system or change it. Reference : http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB en-us q216141 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Michel Arboi

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