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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Apache < 2.0.44 DOS device name

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for version of Apache

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host appears to be running a version of
Apache for Windows which is older than 2.0.44

There are several flaws in this version which permit
a possible hacker to crash this host or even execute arbitrary
code remotely, but it only affects WindowsME and Windows9x

*** Note that Nessus solely relied on the version number
*** of the remote server to issue this warning. This might
*** be a false positive

Solution : Upgrade to version 2.0.44
See also : http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement.html
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 6659

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Renaud Deraison

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