Novell NetWare 5.1/6.0/6.5 CIFS Packet CIFS.NLM denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Novell NetWare 5.1/6.0/6.5. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file CIFS.NLM of the component CIFS Packet Handler. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2005-2852. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Novell NetWare 5.1/6.0/6.5 (Operating System). This affects some unknown functionality of the file CIFS.NLM of the component CIFS Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unknown vulnerability in CIFS.NLM in Novell Netware 6.5 SP2 and SP3, 5.1, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ABEND) via an incorrect password length, as exploited by the "worm.rbot.ccc" worm.

The bug was discovered 08/31/2005. The weakness was released 01/05/2005 with Novell (Website). The advisory is shared at support.novell.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2852 since 09/08/2005. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at support.novell.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (16832), OSVDB (12790†), Secunia (SA13766†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1012817†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-1718. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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MetaSploit ID: lsass_cifs.rb
MetaSploit Name: Novell NetWare LSASS CIFS.NLM Driver Stack Buffer Overflow
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Patch: support.novell.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: support.novell.com
Researcher: http://www.novell.com
Organization: Novell
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2852 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2852
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1101
Secunia: 13766 - Novell Netware CIFS Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 12790 - Novell NetWare Unspecified CIFS.NLM Remote Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1012817

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

Created: 01/17/2005 11:23
Updated: 02/07/2025 12:02
Changes: 01/17/2005 11:23 (77), 06/30/2019 20:37 (2), 02/07/2025 12:02 (18)
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