Samba Memory Leak Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:51713

Info

Samba Memory Leak Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 51713
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2012-0817
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 30 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 16 2015 05:43PM
Credit: Youzhong Yang and Ira Cooper
Vulnerable: SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware 11 SP2
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP2
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
Samba Samba 3.6.2
Samba Samba 3.6.1
Samba Samba 3.6
Not Vulnerable: Samba Samba 3.6.3

Discussion

Samba Memory Leak Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Samba is prone to a local denial-of-service vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to exhaust available memory, denying access to legitimate users.

The vulnerability affects Samba versions 3.6.0 through 3.6.2.

Exploit / POC

Samba Memory Leak Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Solution / Fix

Samba Memory Leak Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

Samba Memory Leak Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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