Samba < 3.0.23 smdb Share Remote DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3682

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The remote Samba server, according to its version number, may be vulnerable to a remote attack. An attacker can cause the Samba smbd service to fail by opening a large number of connections. Successful exploitation leads to a loss of availability.

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.0.23 or higher.

See Also

http://www.samba.org

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3682

Family: Samba

Published: 7/11/2006

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:samba:samba

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3403

BID: 18927