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CSCdx17916, CSCdx61997

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

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

It is possible to crash the remote router by sending malformed
Response Time Responder (RTR) packets.
For this flaw to be exploitable, the router needs
to have RTR responder enabled.

This bug is referenced as CISCO bug id CSCdx17916 and CSCdx61997

Solution : See http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20030515-saa.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:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2003 Tenable Network Security

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