netsaint-statd Daemon Detection

info Nessus Plugin ID 49779

Synopsis

A system monitoring service is listening on the remote host.

Description

The remote service is a netsaint-statd daemon, a system monitoring tool designed to be integrated with Netsaint, although it can also be used without that.

Netsaint is not maintained any more, the project evolved to Nagios.

Solution

Limit incoming traffic to this port as it can reveal sensitive information about the remote host.

See Also

https://www.twoevils.org/files/netsaint_statd/

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 49779

File Name: netsaint_statd_detect.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: remote

Published: 10/6/2010

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Asset Inventory: true

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:nagios:nagios_xi