Novell GroupWise up to 8.0 GroupWise Internet Agent memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Novell GroupWise up to 8.0 (Groupware Software). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component GroupWise Internet Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Off-by-one error in the SMTP daemon in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) in Novell GroupWise 6.5x, 7.0, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.03HP1a, and 8.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long e-mail address in a malformed RCPT command, leading to a buffer overflow.

The weakness was disclosed 02/03/2009 by Nick DeBaggis with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-0410 since 02/03/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 10/27/2018). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

A public exploit has been developed by Praveen Darshanam in Perl and been published 22 hours after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day 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. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 654.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (7985). The entries 46259, 46226 and 46225 are pretty similar.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Praveen Darshanam
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Snort ID: 654
Snort Message: SERVER-MAIL RCPT TO overflow
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Researcher: Nick DeBaggis
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0410 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 33560
Secunia: 33744 - Novell GroupWise Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 10/27/2018 04:48
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (59), 10/27/2018 04:48 (12)
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