CVE-2023-34966
CVSS 3.1 Score 7.5 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Jul 20, 2023
Updated: Jun 25, 2024
CWE ID 835
Summary
CVE-2023-34966: A denial-of-service vulnerability was discovered in Samba's mdssvc RPC service for Spotlight. The issue lies within the sl_unpack_loop() function, which fails to validate the count of elements in an array-like structure during network packet parsing. By manipulating the count value to 0, an attacker can trigger an infinite loop, causing the function to consume 100% CPU and resulting in a denial-of-service condition.
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