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CSCef46191

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

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote router contains a version of IOS which has flaw in the telnet service
which might permit a possible hacker to disable the administation of the remote
router by SSH, HTTP and telnet.

CISCO identifies this vulnerability as bug id CSCef46191

A possible hacker may use this flaw to render this router un-manageable

Solution : http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040827-telnet.shtml
Risk Factor : High

*** As Nessus solely relied on the banner of the remote host
*** this might be a false positive

Networks Security ID: 11060

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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