Advisory Details

June 6th, 2011

Novell iPrint nipplib.dll profile-name Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2011-1701
CVSS SCORE	9.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Novell
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	iPrint
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['11175']. 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 iPrint Client. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The flaw exists within the nipplib component which is used by both the ActiveX and Netscape compatible browser plugins. When handling the profile-name parameter from the user specified printer-url the process blindly copies user supplied data into a fixed-length buffer on the heap. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the browser.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	The fix has been documented as 7008723: Security Vulnerability - Novell iPrint nipplib.dll profile-name Remote Code Execution Vulnerability http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7008723
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2011-04-01 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2011-06-06 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Ivan Rodriguez Almuina

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