| VID |
23015 |
| Severity |
20 |
| Port |
1281,9669 |
| Protocol |
TCP |
| Class |
INFO |
| Detailed Description |
The FreeBSD Health Daemon is detected.
The HealthD provides remote administrators with information about the current hardware temperature, fan speed, voltage levels of certain motherboards, etc, allowing them to monitor the status of the server.
Such information about the hardware's current state might be sensitive; it is recommended that you do not allow access to this service from the network.
* References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1107 |
| Recommendation |
Disable the service from inetd.conf file if it is not needed. Or, configure your firewall to block access to this port. |
| Related URL |
CVE-2000-0294 (CVE) |
| Related URL |
(SecurityFocus) |
| Related URL |
4281 (ISS) |
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