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CSCdw67458

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

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

There is a vulnerability in the way the remote device handles
SNMP messages. A possible hacker may use this flaw to crash the remote
device continuously

This vulnerability is documented as Cisco bug ID CSCdw67458.

Solution :
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-malformed-snmp-msgs-non-ios-pub.shtml

Reference : http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/255807

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: 4088

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

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