CVE-2012-0817 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Samba by exhausting memory and CPU through numerous connection requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-0817?
CVE-2012-0817 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Samba Samba, published on 30 Jan 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by making many connection requests.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0817?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Samba Samba.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0817?
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-2012-0817 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0817 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Samba Samba
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0817, ECHO-751c-3560-3571, GHSA-mx9r-cchq-6rp6.