CVE-2007-5398
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 11.4%EU EUVD
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 arbitrary code via crafted WINS Name Registration requests followed by a WINS Name Query request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 11.4% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5374)
- Published
- November 16, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5374 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- samba / samba
- samba / samba
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References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=120524782005154&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27450(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27679
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27682
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27691
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27701
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27720
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27731
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27787
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27927
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29341
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30484
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30835
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-90/advisory/
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3372
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018953
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.447739
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-237764-1
- http://us1.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-5398.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1409
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-29.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:224
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_65_samba.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1013.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1016.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1017.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483744/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26455
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3869
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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