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CSCdi34061

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Uses SNMP to determine if a flaw is present

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote seems to be vulnerable to a flaw in IOS when
the keyword 'established' is being used in the ACLs.

This bug can, under very specific circumstances and only with
certain IP host implementations, permit unauthorized packets to
circumvent a filtering router.

This vulnerability is documented as Cisco Bug ID CSCdi34061.

Solution : http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/2.html
Network Security Threat Level: High

*** As Nessus solely relied on the banner of the remote host
*** this might be a false positive

Networks Security ID: 315

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2002 Renaud Deraison

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