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A vulnerability was found in Novell GroupWise 7.0 (Groupware Software). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Buffer overflow in Novell GroupWise 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a long argument in a mailto: URI.
The bug was discovered 04/26/2008. The weakness was released 05/02/2008 by Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-2069 since 05/02/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/21/2024). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.
A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6188.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42052), Exploit-DB (5515), SecurityFocus (BID 28969†), OSVDB (44866†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019942†).
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Sources
Vendor: novell.comAdvisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-2069 (🔍)
X-Force: 42052
SecurityFocus: 28969 - Novell GroupWise 'mailto' URI Handler Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 44866 - Novell - GroupWise - 'mailto' URI Handler Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019942
Vulnerability Center: 18390 - Novell GroupWise 7 Remote Buffer Overflow via a Long Argument in a mailto: URI, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1393
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 05:00 PMUpdated: 10/21/2024 07:55 AM
Changes: 03/16/2015 05:00 PM (65), 08/10/2019 10:46 AM (9), 10/21/2024 07:55 AM (18)
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