Advisory Details

October 13th, 2011

Novell Groupwise iCal COMMENT, RRULE, TZNAME Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

ZDI-11-285
ZDI-CAN-1187

CVE ID CVE-2010-4325
CVSS SCORE 10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS Novell
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Groupwise
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['10650', '10651', '10655']. 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 GroupWise. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

Multiple flaws exist within the gwwww1.dll module responsible for parsing VCALENDAR data within e-mail messages. When encountering a RRULE, COMMENT, or TZNAME parameter a static sized memory buffer is allocated. Insufficient checks are performed to ensure the size of the parameter's value can be contained in this buffer. An attacker can overflow the buffer and execute arbitrary code under the context of the SYSTEM user.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Novell has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?usemicrosite=true&searchString=7009212
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2011-04-01 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2011-10-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Anonymous
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