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Family: Firewalls --> Category: infos
icmp timestamp request Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
Performs an ICMP timestamp request
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
Synopsis :
It is possible to acertain the exact time set on the remote host.
Description :
The remote host answers to an ICMP timestamp request. This allows a possible hacker
to know the date which is set on your machine.
This may help him to defeat all your time based authentication protocols.
Solution : filter out the ICMP timestamp requests (13), and the outgoing ICMP
timestamp replies (14).
Threat Level:
None / CVSS Base Score : 0
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/A:N/I:N/B:N)
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