Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24459Denial Of Service (DoS)
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
samba is vulnerable to denial of service. A flaw was found in the way Samba handled file descriptors. If an attacker were able to open a large number of file descriptors on the Samba server, they could flip certain stack bits to “1” values, resulting in the Samba server (smbd) crashing.
References
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Jun/msg00000.html
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lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056241.html
marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130835366526620&w=2
samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2011-0719.html
secunia.com/advisories/43482
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www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0518
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access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678328
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65724
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P