Novell Netware Groupwise GWIA RCPT Command Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
ZDI-09-010: February 2nd, 2009CVE ID
Affected Vendors
Affected Products
TippingPoint™ IPS Customer Protection
TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 1047. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Novell Netware Groupwise SMTP daemon. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists during the parsing of malformed RCPT verb arguments to the SMTP daemon. When an overly long e-mail address is received an off-by-one condition is triggered which minimally will cause a denial of service and can result in arbitrary code execution.
Vendor Response
Novell has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:Disclosure Timeline
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2008-08-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2009-02-02 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
This vulnerability was discovered by:-
Nick DeBaggis
