Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 6, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-9461
CVE-2017-9461
Description
smbd in Samba before 4.4.10 and 4.5.x before 4.5.6 has a denial of service vulnerability (fd_open_atomic infinite loop with high CPU usage and memory consumption) due to wrongly handling dangling symlinks.
Affected products
17cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.4.9
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
7- bugs.debian.org/864291nvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/99455nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1950nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2338nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2778nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00013.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
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