CVE-2007-5398
HIGHEPSS 95th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
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
- 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
- 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
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0859/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1712/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1908
- http://www11.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c01475657
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38502
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1894
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10230
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5811
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/544-1/
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