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Patchlink Detection

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of Patchlink

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote host has a patch management software installed on it.

Description :

This script uses Windows credentials to detect whether the remote host
is running Patchlink and extracts the version number if so.

Patchlink is a fully Internet-based, automated, cross-platform, security
patch management system.

See also :

http://www.patchlink.com/

Risk Factor:

None

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Copyright (C) 2005 Josh Zlatin-Amishav and Tenable Network Security

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