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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Novell NetMail 3.5.2. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-1976. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Novell NetMail 3.5.2. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Novell NetMail 3.5.2a, 3.5.2b, and 3.5.2c, when running on Linux, sets the owner and group ID to 500 for certain files, which could allow users or groups with that ID to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by modifying those files.

The weakness was published 06/20/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-1976 since 06/16/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a authentication. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 14005†), OSVDB (17456†), Secunia (SA15763†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1014251†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Novell

Name

• NetMail

Version

• 3.5.2

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life

Website

• Vendor: https://www.novell.com/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.0

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-1976 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1976
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27840
SecurityFocus: 14005 - Novell NetMail Patch Packaging Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability
Secunia: 15763 - Novell NetMail File Ownership Security Issue, Less Critical
OSVDB: 17456 - Novell NetMail for Linux Group File Ownership Local Privilege Escalation
SecurityTracker: 1014251

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 07/16/2018 09:11
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (58), 07/16/2018 09:11 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:43B:103

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