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title: "CVE-2009-2906\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-2906

Publication date 7 October 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| samba | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2:3.3.2-1ubuntu3.2 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2:3.2.3-1ubuntu3.6 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.9 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 3.0.22-1ubuntu3.9 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2906)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2906)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-2906)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2906)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-839-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-839-1)
+ Samba vulnerabilities
+ 1 October 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2906>