Novell NetWare 5.1 Remote Administration Utility Long URL memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Novell NetWare 5.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Remote Administration Utility. This manipulation as part of Long URL causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0257. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell NetWare 5.1 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Remote Administration Utility. The manipulation as part of a Long URL leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the NetWare remote web administration utility allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute commands via a long URL.

The weakness was shared 04/19/2000 by Michal Zalewski (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0257. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4310), Exploit-DB (19854), SecurityFocus (BID 1118†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-783†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Michal Zalewski
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0257 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0257
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15469
X-Force: 4310
SecurityFocus: 1118 - Netware 5.1 Remote Administration Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 783 - Netware 5.1 Remote Administration Buffer Overflow, Critical

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 11:40
Updated: 01/03/2025 08:09
Changes: 06/24/2014 11:40 (59), 05/08/2019 17:42 (6), 01/03/2025 08:09 (19)
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