-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ========================================================== == == Subject: Memory exhaustion DoS against smbd == CVE ID#: CAN-2006-1059 == == Versions: Samba Samba 3.0.1 - 3.0.22 (inclusive) == == Summary: smbd may allow internal structures == maintaining state for share connections == to grow unbounded. == ========================================================== =========== Description =========== The smbd daemon maintains internal data structures used track active connections to file and printer shares. In certain circumstances an attacker may be able to continually increase the memory usage of an smbd process by issuing a large number of share connection requests. This defect affects all Samba configurations. ================== Patch Availability ================== A patch for Samba 3.0.1 - 3.0.22 has been posted at http://www.samba.org/samba/security/. Guidelines for securing Samba hosts are listed at http://www.samba.org/docs/server_security.html ======= Credits ======= This security issue discovered during an internal security audit of the Samba source code by the Samba Team. ========================================================== == Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility. == The Samba Team ========================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEssD8IR7qMdg1EfYRApZgAJ0TgElO/8CofcdUD9U7sbhvEVJdYgCgo41t OtSz6FWliXOQwhwsacXOwN4= =LALn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
