Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting samba-pidl package, versions <0:4.6.2-8.el7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (77th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-SAMBAPIDL-2085446
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Feb 2017

Introduced: 16 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-9461  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 samba-pidl to version 0:4.6.2-8.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream samba-pidl package and not the samba-pidl package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.