4.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2009-2906
Samba Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability
Description

smbd in Samba 3.0 before 3.0.37, 3.2 before 3.2.15, 3.3 before 3.3.8, and 3.4 before 3.4.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an unanticipated oplock break notification reply packet.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 7, 2009, 6:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2023, 2:20 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-2906 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Samba samba
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-2906.

URL Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.0.37/ Vendor Advisory
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.2.15/ Vendor Advisory
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8/ Vendor Advisory
http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2/ Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/58519 Broken Link
http://samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2009-2906.html Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36893 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36918 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36937 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36953 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37428 Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561439 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021111.1-1 Broken Link
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0145 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507856/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36573 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022976 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2810 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53575 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7090 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9944 Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00095.html Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00098.html Patch Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-2906 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-2906 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description CVE-2009-2906 samba: infinite loop flaw in smbd on unexpected oplock break notification reply smbd in Samba 3.0 before 3.0.37, 3.2 before 3.2.15, 3.3 before 3.3.8, and 3.4 before 3.4.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an unanticipated oplock break notification reply packet.
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1528 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1529 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1585 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2906 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526645 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description smbd in Samba 3.0 before 3.0.37, 3.2 before 3.2.15, 3.3 before 3.3.8, and 3.4 before 3.4.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an unanticipated oplock break notification reply packet. CVE-2009-2906 samba: infinite loop flaw in smbd on unexpected oplock break notification reply
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1585 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2906 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526645 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1528 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1529 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 01, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://news.samba.org/releases/3.0.37/ No Types Assigned http://news.samba.org/releases/3.0.37/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://news.samba.org/releases/3.2.15/ No Types Assigned http://news.samba.org/releases/3.2.15/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8/ No Types Assigned http://news.samba.org/releases/3.3.8/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2/ No Types Assigned http://news.samba.org/releases/3.4.2/ Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://osvdb.org/58519 No Types Assigned http://osvdb.org/58519 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/37428 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/37428 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561439 Patch http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561439 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021111.1-1 No Types Assigned http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021111.1-1 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 No Types Assigned http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0145 No Types Assigned http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0145 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507856/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507856/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36573 Patch http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36573 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022976 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022976 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1 Patch http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-839-1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2810 Patch, Vendor Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2810 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53575 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53575 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7090 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7090 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9944 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9944 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00095.html Patch https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00095.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00098.html Patch https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-October/msg00098.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-835
    Removed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.2a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.14a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.20a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.20b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.21a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.21b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.21c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.23a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.23b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.23c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.23d:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25b:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.25c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.26a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.28a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.0.37 *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.2.0 up to (excluding) 3.2.15 *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.3.0 up to (excluding) 3.3.8 *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:samba:samba:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507856/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507856/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9944 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7090 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9944 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7090 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/53575 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53575 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 08, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-2906 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-2906 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.46 }} -0.00%

score

0.72461

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
: