Multiple memory leaks in Samba before 3.0.6 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption)
Published Nov 21, 2005
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.91%
Description
Multiple memory leaks in Samba before 3.0.6 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.9.17
- 1.9.17
- 1.9.17
- 1.9.17
- 1.9.17
- 1.9.18
- 1.9.18
- 1.9.18
- 1.9.18
- 1.9.18
- 1.9.18
- 1.9.18
- 1.9.18
- 1.9.18
- 2.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.5a
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.1a
- 2.2.3a
- 2.2.7a
- 2.2.8a
- 2.2.9
- 2.2.10
- 2.2.11
- 2.2.12
- 2.2a
- 3.0.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.2a
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
Configuration 2
- 2.0
- 2.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Samba as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, or 4. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 shipped with a version of Samba prior to 3.0.6, but we verified by code audit that it is not affected by this issue.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.91% (0.02913) | 86.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.91% (0.02913) | 85.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.69% (0.00694) | 70.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00211) | 59.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 16, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00201) | 56.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00188) | 54.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.0.6.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0043 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-2546 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17139 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2546
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2546
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.0.6.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0043 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-2546 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17139 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2546 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-2546 |
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