From ${URL} : Samba is vulnerable to SMBLoris vulnerability affecting SMB service causing userspace OOM on Linux. Reference: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Aug/2 Reproducer: https://gist.github.com/marcan/6a2d14b0e3eaa5de1795a763fb58641e @maintainer(s): after the bump, in case we need to stabilize the package, please let us know if it is ready for the stabilization or not.
This falls under hardening techniques. Mike Boyle Gentoo Security Padawan