Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10158
Category:	NIS
Title:	NIS server
Summary:	Checks the presence of a RPC service
Description:	The remote host is a NIS server. NIS is used to share password files among the hosts of a given network, which must not be intercepted by an attacker. Usually, the first step of their attack is to determine whether they are attacking a NIS server, which make the host a more valuable target. Since we could determine that the remote host is a NIS server, they can determine too, which is not a good thing. Solution : filter incoming TCP and UDP traffic to prevent them from connecting to the portmapper and to the NIS server. Risk factor : Low
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-1999-0620
Copyright	This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison

This is only one of 32582 vulnerability tests in our test suite. Find out more about running a complete security audit. To run a free test of this vulnerability against your system, register below.

New User Registration Email: UserID: Passwd: Please email me your monthly newsletters, informing the latest services, improvements & surveys. Please email me a vulnerability test announcement whenever a new test is added.     Privacy

Registered User Login   UserID:     Passwd:     Forgot userid or passwd? Email/Userid: