CVE-2012-0817

Description

Memory leak in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by making many connection requests.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.86% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory samba.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/47763 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00014.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00008.html vendor advisory
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.3.html
http://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2012-0817 patch vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-February/072930.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48879 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-0817?
CVE-2012-0817 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-0817?
To fix CVE-2012-0817, 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-2012-0817 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-0817 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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