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Whatsup Gold vulnerable CGI

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of /_maincfgret.cgi

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
The '_maincfgret' cgi is installed.
Some versions were vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

** This might be a false positive, no attack was performed
** and the version was not checked

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=142&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0408-advisories/08.25.04.txt

Solution : upgrade to Whatsup Gold 8.03 HF 1 if needed

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 11043

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Michel Arboi

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