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CVE-2017-9461

smbd in Samba before 4.4.10 and 4.5.x before 4.5.6 has a denial of service vulnerability (fd_open_atomic infinite loop with high CPU usage…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.2%
percentile 91%
Public exploits
0
none known

smbd in Samba before 4.4.10 and 4.5.x before 4.5.6 has a denial of service vulnerability (fd_open_atomic infinite loop with high CPU usage and memory consumption) due to wrongly handling dangling symlinks.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.23% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/99455 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:2778 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1950 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:2338 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • git.samba.org /?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=10c3e3923022485c720f322ca4f0aca5d7501310 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.samba.org /show_bug.cgi?id=12572 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugs.debian.org /864291 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00013.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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