Advisory Details

February 2nd, 2009

Novell Netware Groupwise GWIA RCPT Command Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

ZDI-09-010
ZDI-CAN-384

CVE ID CVE-2009-0410
CVSS SCORE
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 ['1047']. 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 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.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Novell has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=GjZRRdqCFW0
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2008-08-26 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2009-02-02 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Nick DeBaggis
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