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Telnet Unencrypted Cleartext Login

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Mitigation

Created

Created

5 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The remote host is running a Telnet service that allows cleartext logins over unencrypted connections.

Solution

Solution

Replace Telnet with a protocol like SSH which supports encrypted connections.