Tenable's Nessus scanner flags Web Server Incomplete Basic Authentication DoS risk on VIOM 7.4.2

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Article ID: 100051556

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Description

Error Message

The report mentioned the following risk:

Plugin ID: 12200

CVSS: 7.5

Risk: High

Protocol: TCP

Port: 5634

Name: Web Server Incomplete Basic Authentication DoS

Cause

The VIOM package has a webserver process called "xprtld", which uses port 5634. The Nessus scanner highlighted a risk with this port.

Solution

Tenable have announced that this Plugin ID (12200) is no longer relevant (so can be safely ignored) since it has been deprecated. Please refer to the link below for further information:

https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/12200

Issue/Introduction

Tenable's Nessus scanner flags Web Server Incomplete Basic Authentication DoS risk on VIOM 7.4.2

Error Message

The report mentioned the following risk: Plugin ID: 12200 CVSS: 7.5 Risk: High Protocol: TCP Port: 5634 Name: Web Server Incomplete Basic Authentication DoS