Nexpose Vulnerability Database
Samba Print Change Denial Of Service Vulnerability
| Severity |
CVSS |
Published |
Added |
Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe (6) | 7.1 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Dec 21, 2004 | Dec 21, 2004 | Jan 28, 2011 |
Description:
Certain versions of Samba are vulnerable to a denial of service if out-of-sequence print change notify requests are receieved. Successful exploitation crashes the Samba daemon.
References:
- BID: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11055
- OSVDB: http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=9362
Solution:
- Upgrade to Samba v2.2.11
Download and apply the upgrade from: http://hostopia.samba.org/samba/ftp/stable/samba-2.2.11.tar.gz
- Upgrade to Samba 3.0.7
Download and apply the upgrade from: http://us4.samba.org/samba/ftp/stable/samba-3.0.7.tar.gz
Information on these pages is summary information extracted from the Nexpose Vulnerabilty Assessment system. Full details are provided within the Nexpose product for licensed users.

