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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Gain root remotely >> Samba Mangling Overflow Vulnerability Assessment Details
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Samba Mangling Overflow |
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checks samba version Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The remote Samba server, according to its version number, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow if the option 'mangling method' is set to 'hash' in smb.conf (which is not the case by default). A possible hacker may exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary commands on the remote host. Solution : upgrade to Samba 2.2.10 or 3.0.5 See also : http://us1.samba.org/samba/whatsnew/samba-2.2.10.html See also : http://us1.samba.org/samba/whatsnew/samba-3.0.5.html Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 10781 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security |
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Wireless Networking, WiFi |
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