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eMule Plus Web Server detection

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Detect eMule Web Server

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

eMule Web Server works on this port. Some versions of this P2P client
are vulnerable to a DecodeBase16 buffer overflow which would permit an
attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Thanks to Kostya Kortchinsky for his posting to bugtraq.

Known Vulnerable clients:
eMule 0.42a-d
eMule 0.30e
eMulePlus <1k

See also : http://security.nnov.ru/search/news.asp?binid=3572

* Note: This script only checks if port 4711 is open and if
it reports banner which contains string eMule. *

Solution: disable eMule Web Server or upgrade to a bug-fixed version
(eMule 0.42e, eMulePlus 1k or later)

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 10039

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 A.Kaverin

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