Firewalls : Usable remote proxy on any port

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Test ID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10193

Category: Firewalls

Title: Usable remote proxy on any port

Summary: NOSUMMARY

Description: Description:
The proxy, allows everyone to perform requests
against arbitrary ports, like
'GET http://cvs.nessus.org:110'.
This problem may allow attackers to go through your
firewall, by connecting to sensitive ports like 25 (sendmail)
using your proxy. In addition to that, your proxy may be used
to perform attacks against other networks.

Solution: reconfigure your proxy so that it only accepts
connections against non-dangerous ports (> 1024).

Risk factor : High

Copyright This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison

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Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10193
Category:	Firewalls
Title:	Usable remote proxy on any port
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The proxy, allows everyone to perform requests against arbitrary ports, like 'GET http://cvs.nessus.org:110'. This problem may allow attackers to go through your firewall, by connecting to sensitive ports like 25 (sendmail) using your proxy. In addition to that, your proxy may be used to perform attacks against other networks. Solution: reconfigure your proxy so that it only accepts connections against non-dangerous ports (> 1024). Risk factor : High
Copyright	This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison