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CSCds07326

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

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Some security scanners can force a Cisco device to reload.

A possible hacker may use this flaw to prevent your network
from working properly.

This vulnerability is documented as Cisco Bug ID CSCds07326.

Solution :
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/ios-tcp-scanner-reload-pub.shtml
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: 2804

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

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