Buffer overflow in Samba
CVE-2011-0719
Samba 3.x before 3.3.15, 3.4.x before 3.4.12, and 3.5.x before 3.5.7 does not perform range checks for file descriptors before use of the FD_SET macro, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption, and infinite loop or daemon crash) by opening a large number of files, related to (1) Winbind or (2) smbd.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.046 (90.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Samba — versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SLACKWARE)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)