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BadBlue Connections Denial of Service

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Obtain the version of the remote badblue server

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote BadBlue web server has a bug which may permit attackers to
prevent it from serving pages properly.

It is possible to disable the remote BadBlue server by issuing approximately
24 concurrent connections to the remote host. A possible hacker may exploit
this flaw by issuing over 24 connections to the remote server and waiting
indefinitely, thus preventing legitimate users from being able to connect
to this service at all.

Solution : None at this time
Network Security Threat Level: Low

Networks Security ID: 10983

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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