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Multiple SSH vulnerabilities

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

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

There are four vulnerabilities in the remote SSH daemon.

By exploiting the weakness in the SSH protocol, it is possible to
insert arbitrary commands into an established SSH session, collect
information that may help in brute force key recovery, or brute force
a session key.

Solution : http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/SSH-multiple-pub.html
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) 2002 Renaud Deraison

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