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Vulnerability Assessment Details

nibindd is running

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Connects to the remote nibindd RPC service

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

This script acertains of the nibindd rpc service is running,
in which case it connects to it to extract the list of NetInfo
domains the remote host is serving

Solution : Filter incoming traffic to this port
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Tenable Network Security

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