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BenHur Firewall active FTP firewall leak

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Connects to a few services with sport = 20

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

It is possible to connect on firewall-protected ports on the remote
host by setting one's source port to 20.

A possible hacker may use this flaw to access services that should not
be accessible to outsiders on this host.

Solution: Reconfigure your firewall to *not* accept anything
coming from port 20.

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 5279

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 by Renaud Deraison

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