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CSCdy26428

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

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote switch is vulnerable to a buffer overflow
in its embedded HTTP server. A possible hacker may use this
flaw to make your switch reboot continuously, resulting
in a denial of service.

This vulnerability is documented with the CISCO
bug ID CSCdy26428

Solution :
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/catos-http-overflow-vuln.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: 5976

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2003 Renaud Deraison

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