UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9461

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2017-9461
Downstream
USN-3348-1
Published: 06 Jun 2017, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 11:37

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Jun 2017, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 11:37
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•samba

    < 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.9 | < 2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.16.04.8

References (3)