Novell NetWare 5.1/6.0/6.5 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Novell NetWare 5.1/6.0/6.5 (Operating System). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality. 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:

Stack-based buffer overflow in NWFTPD.NLM before 5.10.02 in the FTP server in Novell NetWare allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (abend) via a long DELE command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0625.4.

The weakness was shared 03/22/2011 by Francis Provencher as Bug 641249 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.novell.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-4228. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. 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.

Upgrading to version 6.5 eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1975. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10659.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (66170).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: NetWare 6.5

Snort ID: 1975
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-FTP DELE overflow attempt
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11/10/2010 🔍
03/18/2011 +128 days 🔍
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03/22/2011 +4 days 🔍
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03/20/2015 +1447 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: Bug 641249
Researcher: Francis Provencher
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4228 (🔍)
X-Force: 66170
Vulnerability Center: 30762 - FTP server in Novell NetWare Arbitrary Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability via a Long DELE Command, High
SecurityFocus: 46922 - Novell Netware 'NWFTPD.NLM' DELE Command Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 43824

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/20/2015 04:16 PM
Updated: 10/21/2021 07:03 AM
Changes: 03/20/2015 04:16 PM (62), 03/20/2017 09:27 AM (12), 10/21/2021 07:03 AM (5)
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