Samba smbd Memory Leak Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
1 Feb 2012 12:07
Release Date:
1 Feb 2012
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RISK: Medium Risk
TYPE: Servers - Other Servers
A vulnerability has been identified in Samba smbd, which can be exploited by remote attacker to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is caused due to memory leaks on every connection attempt to smbd daemon. A remote user can attempt to connect to the target server multiple times to cause the target smbd daemon to consume excessive memory on the target system.
Impact
- Denial of Service
System / Technologies affected
- Samba versions 3.6.x
Solutions
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
- Update to Samba version 3.6.3
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