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Vulnerability Assessment Details

WebSphere Edge caching proxy denial of service

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
crashes the remote proxy

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

We could crash the WebSphere Edge caching proxy by sending a
bad request to the helpout.exe CGI

Network Security Threat Level: High

Solution : Upgrade your web server or remove this CGI.

Networks Security ID: 6002

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Michel Arboi

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