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TI-2012-00753 Aliases CVE-2012-0817GHSA-mx9r-cchq-6rp6

Memory leak in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

Priority LOW 29CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

Memory leak in smbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) by making many connection requests.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0347 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.6.0VulnerableSamba
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.6.1VulnerableSamba
cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.6.2VulnerableSamba
  • cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.6.0 Vulnerable ·Samba
  • cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.6.1 Vulnerable ·Samba
  • cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.6.2 Vulnerable ·Samba

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-0817
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mx9r-cchq-6rp6

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • TI-2020-01431 Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2017-05139 Code injection in samba KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-00210 The Netlogon server implementation in smbd in Samba 3.5.x and 3.6.x before 3.6.25, 4.0.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00081 Buffer overflow in the SMB/CIFS packet fragment re-assembly code for SMB daemon (smbd) in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00185 Buffer overflow in the call_trans2open function in trans2.c for Samba 2.2.x before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-02362 Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the NDR parsing in smbd in Samba 3.0.0 through… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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