Received a Critical alert from a Nessus scan about a "VxWorks WDB Debug Agent is running on this host." the target is our Dell PowerVault 132T. I've looked around to find a solution but came up empty handed. the closest thing I could find was for a Dell 6248 PowerConnect switch that has the same Nessus alert. The solution there was to update the firmware. will a firmware update correct this issue as well?
(Source: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/network-switches/f/866/t/19586707)
Currently running on --
Library Firmware
310D .GY004
RMU Firmware
193F.00002
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Description
A VxWorks WDB Debug Agent is running on this host.
Using this service, it is possible to read or write any memory zone or execute arbitrary code on the host. An attacker can use this flaw to take complete control of the affected device.
Solution
Disable the debug agent or contact the device's vendor for a patch.