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CVE-2023-34966

Samba: infinite loop in mdssvc rpc service for spotlight

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Summary

An infinite loop vulnerability was found in Samba's mdssvc RPC service for Spotlight. When parsing Spotlight mdssvc RPC packets sent by the client, the core unmarshalling function sl_unpack_loop() did not validate a field in the network packet that contains the count of elements in an array-like structure. By passing 0 as the count value, the attacked function will run in an endless loop consuming 100% CPU. This flaw allows an attacker to issue a malformed RPC request, triggering an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service condition.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated
  3. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • samba

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  • samba

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  • samba

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  • samba

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  • samba

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  • samba

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  • samba4

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  • samba

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References 8

access.redhat.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

samba.org