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statd service

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks the presence of a RPC service

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The statd RPC service is running. This service has a long history of
security holes, so you should really know what you are doing if you decide
to let it run.

*** No security hole regarding this program have been tested, so
*** this might be a false positive.

Solution : We suggest that you disable this service.
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 127, 450, 6831, 11785

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison

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