mDNS Detection (Remote Network) Vulnerability

Issue

• It is possible to obtain information about remote host. The remote service understands the Bonjour (also known as ZeroConf or mDNS) protocol, which allows anyone to uncover information from the remote host such as its operating system type & exact version, its hostname, and the list of services running.

• This plugin attempts to discover mDNS used by hosts that are not on the network segment on which Nessus resides Filters the incoming traffic to UDP port 5353.