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Samba Remote Arbitrary File Creation

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
checks samba version

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote Samba server, according to its version number,
is vulnerable to a remote file creation vulnerability.

This vulnerability permits a possible hacker to overwrite arbitrary
files by supplying an arbitrarily formed NetBIOS machine name
to this server, and to potentially become root on the remote
server.

A possible hacker do not need any rights to exploit this flaw.

Solution : upgrade to Samba 2.0.10 or 2.2.0a
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 2928

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2001 Renaud Deraison

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