Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 30, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2012-0817
CVE-2012-0817
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.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2012-0817nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/47763nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-February/072930.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00008.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00014.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/48879nvd
- www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.3.htmlnvd
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