Novell Client up to 4.91 SP2 on Windows SRVLOC.SYS denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell Client up to 4.91 SP2 on Windows. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function of the file SRVLOC.SYS. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-6307. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Novell Client up to 4.91 SP2 on Windows and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file SRVLOC.SYS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

srvloc.sys in Novell Client for Windows before 4.91 SP3 allows remote attackers to cause an unspecified denial of service via a crafted packet to port 427 that triggers an access of pageable or invalid addresses using a higher interrupt request level (IRQL) than necessary.

The weakness was disclosed 12/07/2006 by Tyler Krpata (Website). The advisory is available at secure-support.novell.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-6307 since 12/05/2006. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23970 (Novell Client srvloc.sys Crafted Packet Unspecified Remote DoS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at secure-support.novell.com. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (23970), SecurityFocus (BID 21430†), OSVDB (31354†) and Secunia (SA23244†). The entry VDB-2723 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 23970
Nessus Name: Novell Client srvloc.sys Crafted Packet Unspecified Remote DoS
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Patch: secure-support.novell.com

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10/25/2006 🔍
12/04/2006 +40 days 🔍
12/05/2006 +1 days 🔍
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01/03/2007 +23 days 🔍
06/07/2019 +4538 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: secure-support.novell.com
Researcher: Tyler Krpata
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-6307 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-6307
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2722
SecurityFocus: 21430 - Novell Client SRVLOC.SYS Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 23244 - Novell Client srvloc.sys Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 31354 - Novell Client srvloc.sys Crafted Packet Unspecified Remote DoS
Vupen: ADV-2006-4840

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/11/2006 10:42
Updated: 06/07/2019 14:14
Changes: 12/11/2006 10:42 (78), 06/07/2019 14:14 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:0DB:103

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