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CVE-2017-9461

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Published: Jun 6, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (17)

Samba
1 product
Samba
Redhat
6 products
Enterprise Linux Desktop
Enterprise Linux Server
Enterprise Linux Server Aus
Enterprise Linux Server Eus
Enterprise Linux Server Tus
Enterprise Linux Workstation
Debian
1 product
Debian Linux
Configuration A
7 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Samba
Samba
Up to 4.4.9
Samba
Version 4.5.0
Samba
Version 4.5.1
Samba
Version 4.5.2
Samba
Version 4.5.3
Samba
Version 4.5.4
Samba
Version 4.5.5
Configuration B
9 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Enterprise Linux Desktop
Version 7.0
Enterprise Linux Server
Version 7.0
Redhat
Enterprise Linux Server Aus
Version 7.4
Enterprise Linux Server Aus
Version 7.6
Redhat
Enterprise Linux Server Eus
Version 7.4
Enterprise Linux Server Eus
Version 7.5
Enterprise Linux Server Eus
Version 7.6
Enterprise Linux Server Tus
Version 7.6
Enterprise Linux Workstation
Version 7.0
Configuration C
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Debian Linux
Version 8.0

Related CWEs

CWE-835
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

References (16)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

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