CVE-2004-0930 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated remote attackers can cause CPU exhaustion and denial of service in Samba via crafted wildcard requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-0930?
CVE-2004-0930 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Conectiva Linux, published on 19 Nov 2004. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ms_fnmatch function in Samba 3.0.4 and 3.0.7 and possibly other versions allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a SAMBA request that contains multiple * (wildcard) characters.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0930?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Conectiva Linux, Gentoo Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Fedora Core, Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0930?
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-2004-0930 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0930 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Conectiva Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0930, GHSA-7hm7-fv7g-c6pr.