Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10979
Category:	CISCO
Title:	CSCdt46181
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) allows users to tunnel to an Internet Protocol (IP) network using a Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). The protocol is described in RFC2637. PPTP implementation using Cisco IOS® software releases contains a vulnerability that will crash a router if it receives a malformed or crafted PPTP packet. To expose this vulnerability, PPTP must be enabled on the router. PPTP is disabled by default. No additional special conditions are required. An attacker may use this issue to prevent your network from working properly This vulnerability is documented as Cisco Bug ID CSCdt46181 Solution : http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/PPTP-vulnerability-pub.html Risk factor : High *** As Nessus solely relied on the banner of the remote host *** this might be a false positive
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 3022 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2001-1183 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3022 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#656315 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/656315 Cisco Security Advisory: 20010712 Cisco IOS PPTP Vulnerability http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/PPTP-vulnerability-pub.html http://www.osvdb.org/802 XForce ISS Database: cisco-ios-pptp-dos(6835) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6835
Copyright	This script is (C) 2002 Renaud Deraison

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