CVE-2007-5398
Stack-based buffer overflow in the reply_netbios_packet function in nmbd/nmbd_packets.c in nmbd in Samba 3.0.0 through 3.0.26a, when operating as a WINS server, allows remote attackers to execute
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the reply_netbios_packet function in nmbd/nmbd_packets.c in nmbd in Samba 3.0.0 through 3.0.26a, when operating as a WINS server, allows remote attackers to execute
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 11.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-11-16 18:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-10-12
- Assigning CNA
- flexera
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f51aa67f780861ea6d68e65ff64a9f4b29facf28084b0d2d36eff190bccd9f9a
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com27691http://secunia.com/advisories/27691
- secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-90/advisory/
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10230https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10230
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1016http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1016.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-544-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/544-1/
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-4238http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
- www.us-cert.govTA07-352Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
- secunia.com30835http://secunia.com/advisories/30835
- secunia.com29341http://secunia.com/advisories/29341
- slackware.comSSA:2007-320-01http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.447739
- marc.infoHPSBUX02316http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120524782005154&w=2
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5811https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5811
- secunia.com28136http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3869http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3869
- secunia.com27679http://secunia.com/advisories/27679
- secunia.com27682http://secunia.com/advisories/27682
- secunia.com27701http://secunia.com/advisories/27701
- securitytracker.com1018953http://securitytracker.com/id?1018953
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1013http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1013.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1908http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1908
- secunia.com27720http://secunia.com/advisories/27720
- secunia.com27742http://secunia.com/advisories/27742
- www11.itrc.hp.comHPSBUX02341http://www11.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c01475657
- secunia.com30484http://secunia.com/advisories/30484
- www.securityfocus.com20080108 VMSA-2008-0001 Moderate OpenPegasus PAM Authentication Buffer Overflow and updated service console packageshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded
- www.debian.orgDSA-1409http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1409
- secunia.com27450http://secunia.com/advisories/27450
- secunia.com27731http://secunia.com/advisories/27731
- lists.vmware.com[Security-announce] 20080107 VMSA-2008-0001 Moderate OpenPegasus PAM Authentication Buffer Overflow and updated service console packageshttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2007-12-17http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:224http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:224
- secunia.com27787http://secunia.com/advisories/27787
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- secunia.com28368http://secunia.com/advisories/28368
- www.securityfocus.com26455http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26455
- issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1894
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200711-29http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-29.xml
- www.securityfocus.com20071115 Secunia Research: Samba "reply_netbios_packet()" Buffer OverflowVulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483744/100/0/threaded
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-3402https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00472.html
- secunia.com27927http://secunia.com/advisories/27927
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1712http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1712/references
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0859http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0859/references
- securityreason.com3372http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3372
- sunsolve.sun.com237764http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237764-1
- us1.samba.orghttp://us1.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-5398.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1017http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1017.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0064http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsamba-replynetbiospacket-bo(38502)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38502
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2007:065http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_65_samba.html
- www.securityfocus.com20080123 UPDATED VMSA-2008-0001.1 Moderate OpenPegasus PAM Authentication Buffer Overflow and updated service console packageshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- samba Fixed in 3.0.27-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- samba Fixed in 3.0.27-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- samba Fixed in 3.0.27-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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