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Vulnerability Assessment Details

pnserver crash

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Crashes the remote pnserver

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

It was possible to crash the remote
Progressive Networks Real Video Server
by sending it some garbage.

A possible hacker may use this flaw to prevent
you from sharing sound and video, which
may alter the quality of your service

Solution : Contact Progressive Networks for
a patch.

Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison

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