01 Record

CVE-2017-9461

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 4.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 90.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2017-06-06 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 17:11Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-06-06

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a1e72f9ac96a4b6acb57ffc60eaeab9f1ce18a4ab6e461d5022b0f26a773eafa

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_desktopNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_serverNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_server_ausNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_server_eusNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_server_tusNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_workstationNot specified—

redhatstorageNot specified—

sambasambaNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com99455http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99455vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2778https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2778vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1950https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1950vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2338https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2338vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
git.samba.orghttps://git.samba.org/?p=samba.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=10c3e3923022485c720f322ca4f0aca5d7501310x_refsource_CONFIRM
bugzilla.samba.orghttps://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12572x_refsource_CONFIRM
bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/864291x_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190409 [SECURITY] [DLA 1754-1] samba security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00013.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

01 Record index

CVE-2017-9461

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2017-9461

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References