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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.
- Products
- samba
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2:3.6.3-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-0817
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0817
samba
Fixed versions: 2:3.6.3-1
samba
Fixed versions: 2:3.6.3-1
samba
Fixed versions: 2:3.6.3-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:26.498125764Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 416933,
"published_at": "2012-01-30T17:55:01.297+00:00"
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