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CSCdy03429

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

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a protocol which permits for
easy transfer of files between network connected devices.

A vulnerability has been discovered in the processing of filenames within
a TFTP read request when Cisco IOS is configured to act as a TFTP server

This vulnerability is documented as Cisco Bug ID CSCdy03429

Solution :
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/ios-tftp-long-filename-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: 5328

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

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