CVE-2017-9461
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2017-9461 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2017-06-06 21:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-07 02:50:00 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-835
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 7.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 7.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 7.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 7.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | 7.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | 7.5 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | 7.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | 7.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | 7.5 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Eus | 7.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 7.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 7.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Samba | Samba | 4.5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Samba | Samba | 4.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Samba | Samba | 4.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Samba | Samba | 4.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Samba | Samba | 4.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Samba | Samba | 4.5.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Samba | Samba | 4.5.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Samba | Samba | 4.5.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Samba | Samba | 4.5.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Samba | Samba | 4.5.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Samba | Samba | 4.5.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Samba | Samba | 4.5.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Samba | Samba | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | access.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| #864291 - samba: CVE-2017-9461: infinite loop on bad-symlink resolution - Debian Bug report logs | CONFIRM | bugs.debian.org | Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| git.samba.org - samba.git/commit | CONFIRM | git.samba.org | Vendor Advisory |
| Samba CVE-2017-9461 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | access.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| git.samba.org - samba.git/commit | git.samba.org | ||
| [SECURITY] [DLA 1754-1] samba security update | MLIST | lists.debian.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | access.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Bug 12572 – fd_open_atomic() can loop indefinitely when trying to open an invalid symlink with O_CREAT | CONFIRM | bugzilla.samba.org | Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.