Advisory Details

March 18th, 2011

Novell Netware NWFTPD.NLM DELE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2010-4228
CVSS SCORE	9.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Novell
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Netware
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['10659']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Novell Netware. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The flaw exists within NWFTPD.NLM. When handling the argument provided to the DELE command the application copies user supplied data to a fixed length stack buffer. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the super user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Novell has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Ax6AbxwGLTs~
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2010-09-22 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2011-03-18 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Francis Provencher for Protek Research Lab's

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