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Cheops NG clear text authentication

🗓️ 26 Mar 2006 00:00:00Reported by This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel ArboiType 
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Cheops NG clear text authentication

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: cheopsNG_clear_text_password.nasl 6056 2017-05-02 09:02:50Z teissa $
# Description: Cheops NG clear text authentication
#
# Authors:
# Michel Arboi <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#

tag_summary = "A Cheops NG agent is running on the remote host.

Description :

Cheops NG is running on this port.
Users with a valid account on this machine can connect 
to this service and use it to map your network, port scan 
machines and identify running services.

Passwords are transmitted in clear text and could be sniffed.
More, using this Cheops agent, it is possible to brute force
login/passwords on this system.";

tag_solution = "Configure Cheops to run on top of SSL or block this port 
from outside communication if you want to further restrict 
the use of Cheops.";

if(description)
{
 script_id(20162);
 script_version("$Revision: 6056 $");
 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-05-02 11:02:50 +0200 (Tue, 02 May 2017) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2006-03-26 17:55:15 +0200 (Sun, 26 Mar 2006)");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N");
 script_name( "Cheops NG clear text authentication");
 
 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
 script_copyright("This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi");
 script_family( "Service detection");
 script_dependencies("cheopsNG_detect.nasl");
 script_require_keys("cheopsNG/password");
 script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 exit(0);
}

port = get_kb_item("cheopsNG/password");
if (port && get_port_transport(port) == ENCAPS_IP ) security_message(port);

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