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NT ResetBrowser frame & HostAnnouncement flood patch

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains whether the hotfix Q262694 is installed

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

It is possible to partially crash the remote host.

Description :

The hotfix for the 'ResetBrowser Frame' and the 'HostAnnouncement flood'
has not been applied.

The first of these vulnerabilities permits anyone to shut
down the network browser of this host at will.

The second vulnerability permits a possible hacker to
add thousands of bogus entries in the master browser,
which will consume most of the network bandwidth as
a side effect.

Solution :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-036.mspx

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 4
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/A:P/I:N/B:A)

Networks Security ID: 1262

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2000 Renaud Deraison

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