# CVE-2016-6561: illumos smbsrv NULL pointer dereference allows system crash.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-03-31 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- illumos osnet-incorporation: proir to osnet-incorporation@0.5.11,5.11-2016.0.1.15933

## Description

illumos smbsrv NULL pointer dereference allows system crash.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on illumos osnet-incorporation, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.illumos.org/issues/7483
- https://www.openindiana.org/2016/11/01/cve-2016-6560-cve-2016-6561-security-issues-in-illumos/
- https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/commit/6d1c73b5858fefc6161c7d686345f0dc887ea799
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98079

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