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Vulnerability Assessment Details

ypbind service

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks the presence of a RPC service

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The ypbind RPC service is running. If you do not use this service, then
disable it as it may become a security threat in the future, if a vulnerability
is discovered.

Network Security Threat Level: Low

Networks Security ID: 52

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

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