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Samba Machine Trust Account Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks the version of Samba

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote Samba server is vulnerable to a local information
disclosure flaw.

Description :

According to its version number, the remote Samba server is affected
by a flaw that may permits a local attacker to get access to the
passwords sent to the winbindd daemon if the debug level has been set
to 5 or higher.

See also :

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/429370/100/0/threaded
http://us1.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2006-1059.html

Solution :

Upgrade to Samba 3.0.22 or set the debug level to a value lower
than 5.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 1
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:NR/C:P/I:N/A:N/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 17314

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2007 Tenable Network Security, Inc.

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