CVE-2011-0719
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2011-0719 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (samba) | RHSA-2011:0305 | 2011-03-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (samba) | RHSA-2011:0305 | 2011-03-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (samba) | RHSA-2011:0305 | 2011-03-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (samba3x) | RHSA-2011:0306 | 2011-03-01 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Samba team for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Volker Lendecke of SerNet as the original reporter.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation