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rlogin -froot

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Checks for rlogin -froot Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The remote /bin/login seems to be vulnerable to the old 'rlogin -froot' bug. Any attacker may use this old flaw to gain root access on this system. Solution : Upgrade your /bin/login, or comment out the 'rlogin' line in /etc/inetd.conf and restart the inetd process Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 458 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Renaud Deraison

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