CVE-2006-3403

Description

The smdb daemon (smbd/service.c) in Samba 3.0.1 through 3.0.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of share connection requests.

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 29.76% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-314-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21187 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_17_sr.html vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016459 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/20983 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2745 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4502 vdb entry
http://securitydot.net/xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/1175/exploit.html
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CAN-2006-3403.html patch
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
http://secunia.com/advisories/22875 third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.416876 vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-202-200610-patch.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21190 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21086 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451426/100/200/threaded mailing list
http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-213-200610-patch.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21262 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439880/100/100/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439875/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/313836 third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/23155 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18927 vdb entry patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27648 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21019 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20980 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440836/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0591.html vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448957/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451404/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/21046 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21159 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440767/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1110 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439757/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-10.xml vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11355 vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451417/100/200/threaded mailing list
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:120 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21143 third party advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21018 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3403?
CVE-2006-3403 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3403?
To fix CVE-2006-3403, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-3403 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-3403 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~30% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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