CVE-2009-2906

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2906
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-10-07 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionsmbd in Samba 3.0 before 3.0.37, 3.2 before 3.2.15, 3.3 before 3.3.8, and 3.4 before 3.4.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an unanticipated oplock break notification reply packet.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-835 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Samba Samba All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Samba 3.4.2 Security Release Available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.samba.org Vendor Advisory
Samba - Security Announcement Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 samba.org Vendor Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
osvdb.org/58519 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: samba-3.4.2-0.42.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0145 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com Third Party Advisory
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-839-1: Samba vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Samba Information Disclosure and Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Sun Solaris Samba Information Disclosure and Denial of Service - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA36953 - Fedora update for samba - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA36937 - Slackware update for samba - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for samba - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Samba 3.3.8 Security Release Available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.samba.org Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
About the security content of Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: samba-3.2.15-0.36.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Samba 3.0.37 Security Release Available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.samba.org Vendor Advisory
Samba Oplock Break Notification Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Samba smbd Processing Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Samba 3.2.15 Security Release Available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 news.samba.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2009-2906 MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 526645 – CVE-2009-2906 samba: infinite loop flaw in smbd on unexpected oplock break notification reply MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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