54645 : Novell GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) SMTP Email Address Processing Remote Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-05-22

Keywords

Novell bug 482914

Description

A remote overflow exists in GroupWise. The GroupWise Internet Agent fails to properly bounds check user input resulting in a overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 7.03 HP3, 8.0 HP2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Novell, Inc.	Groupwise	8.0 HP1
		8.0 HP1

References

CVE ID: 2009-1636 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 35064 35065
Secunia Advisory ID: 35177
Related OSVDB ID: 54640 54641 54642 54643 54644
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-05/0224.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7003273
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7003273&sliceId=1
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/groupwise_agent_email_address
Other Advisory URL: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1393
http://www.vupen.com/exploits/Novell_GroupWise_GWIA_Email_Address_Remote_Buffer_Overflow_Exploit_1393141.php
http://www.vupen.com/exploits/Novell_GroupWise_GWIA_SMTP_Command_Remote_Buffer_Overflow_PoC_Exploit_1393140.php
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=478892
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482914

Tools & Filters

Snort	16193
	38972

Credit

Nicolas Joly - VUPEN Security
Nicolas Joly - VUPEN Security

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-05-26 | Disagree?

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