Buffer overflow in the nss_winbind.so.1 library in Samba 3.0.21 through 3.0.23d, as used in the winbindd daemon on Solaris, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) gethostbyname and (2) getipnodebyname functions
Published Feb 6, 2007
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.73%
Description
Buffer overflow in the nss_winbind.so.1 library in Samba 3.0.21 through 3.0.23d, as used in the winbindd daemon on Solaris, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) gethostbyname and (2) getipnodebyname functions.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.0.21
- 3.0.21a
- 3.0.21b
- 3.0.21c
- 3.0.22
- 3.0.23
- 3.0.23a
- 3.0.23b
- 3.0.23c
- 3.0.23d
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect Linux versions of Samba.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.73% (0.00725) | 52.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.72% (0.00720) | 48.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.56% (0.00558) | 66.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.13% (0.00126) | 48.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.13% (0.00131) | 46.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (18)
- http://osvdb.org/33098 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24043 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24101 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24151 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017589 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.476916 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://us1.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2007-0453.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKG
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459168/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459365/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22410 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0007 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0483 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0453 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32231 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1005 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0453
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0453
Change history (0)
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