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Samba CVE-2000-0937: Remote attackers can conduct brute force password guessing attacks

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Samba CVE-2000-0937: Remote attackers can conduct brute force password guessing attacks

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/19/2000
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/30/2018
Modified
05/04/2018

Description

Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT) in Samba 2.0.7 does not log login attempts in which the username is correct but the password is wrong, which allows remote attackers to conduct brute force password guessing attacks.

Solution(s)

  • samba-upgrade-2_0_8

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