CVE-2004-0807 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Samba by sending malformed requests that trigger infinite loops and memory exhaustion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-0807?
CVE-2004-0807 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Conectiva Linux, published on 14 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Samba 3.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory exhaustion) via certain malformed requests that cause new processes to be spawned and enter an infinite loop.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0807?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Conectiva Linux, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, Samba Samba, Sgi Samba, Suse Suse Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0807?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-0807 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0807 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Conectiva Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0807, GHSA-8w98-f339-9fh8.