CVE-2014-0244

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-06-12
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the sys_recvfile() function of nmbd, the NetBIOS message block daemon, processed non-blocking sockets. An attacker could send a specially crafted packet that, when processed, would cause nmbd to enter an infinite loop and consume an excessive amount of CPU time.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	3.9
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (samba3x)	ELSA-2014-0866	2014-07-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (samba)	ELSA-2014-0866	2014-07-09
Oracle Linux version 7 (samba)	ELSA-2014-0867	2014-07-23