Infinite loop in Samba - CVE-2017-9461
Published: August 2, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7663
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9461
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper handling of symbolic links. A remote attacker with access to trusted or internal networks can transmit specially crafted data, trigger and infinite loop and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to improper handling of symbolic links. A remote attacker with access to trusted or internal networks can transmit specially crafted data, trigger and infinite loop and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Affected software
Samba
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Ubuntu
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Ubuntu
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9461
Update to version 4.5.6.