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CSCdt65960

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

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The Cisco 6400 Access Concentrator Node Route Processor 2 (NRP2)
module permits Telnet access when no password has been set. The
correct response is to dispermit any remote access to the module until
the password has been set. This vulnerability may result in users
gaining unintended access to secure systems.

This vulnerability is documented as Cisco bug ID CSCdt65960.

Solution :
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/6400-nrp2-telnet-vuln-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: 2874

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

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