# CVE-2007-0452: smbd in Samba 3.0.6 through 3.0.23d allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU exhaustion) by renaming a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-02-06 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

smbd in Samba 3.0.6 through 3.0.23d allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU exhaustion) by renaming a file in a way that prevents a request from being removed from the deferred open queue, which triggers an infinite loop.

## What to do

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/24046
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24101
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24076
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459365/100/0/threaded
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00943462
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200702-01.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2219
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1278
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24151
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0483
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24030
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24140
- http://us1.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-0452.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24021
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24284
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459167/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22395
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1005
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017587
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24067
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24145
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24060
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0060.html
- http://osvdb.org/33100

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