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Vulnerability in TCP/IP Could Allow Remote Code Execution (917953)

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains the presence of update 917953

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

It is possible to execute code on the remote host.

Description :

The remote version of Windows contains a version of the TCP/IP
protocol which is vulnerable to a buffer overflow vulnerability.

A possible hacker may exploit these flaws to execute code on the remote
host.

Solution :

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP and 2003 :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-032.mspx

Network Security Threat Level:

High / CVSS Base Score : 7.0
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/I:P/A:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 18374

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