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irix performance copilot

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks the presence of IRIX copilot

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The service 'IRIX performance copilot' is running.

This service discloses sensitive informations about
the remote host, and may be used by a possible hacker to
perform a local denial of service.

*** This warning may be a false positive since the existence
*** of the bug was not verified locally.

Solution : Disable this service
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 1106, 4642

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Renaud Deraison

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