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Vulnerability in the Client Service for NetWare Could Allow Remote Code Execution (899589) - Network Check

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains the presence of update 899589 (network check)

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

A flaw in the client service for NetWare may permit a possible hacker to execute
arbitrary code on the remote host.

Description :

The remote host contains a version of the Client Service for NetWare which
is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

A possible hacker may exploit this flaw by connecting to the NetWare RPC service
(possibly over IP) and trigger the overflow by sending a malformed RPC
request.

Solution :

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

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-046.mspx

Network Security Threat Level:

Critical / CVSS Base Score : 10
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:C/A:C/I:C/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 15066

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