Novell GroupWise Messenger prior 2.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Novell GroupWise Messenger. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2008-2703. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Novell GroupWise Messenger (Groupware Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Novell GroupWise Messenger (GWIM) Client before 2.0.3 HP1 for Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "spoofed server responses" that contain a long string after the NM_A_SZ_TRANSACTION_ID field name.

The bug was discovered 06/03/2008. The weakness was published 06/13/2008 with Infobyte Security Research (Website). The advisory is available at support.novell.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-2703 since 06/13/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/16/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33141 (Novell GroupWise Messenger Client < 2.0.3 HP1 Multiple Remote Overflows), 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.

Upgrading to version 2.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6419.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42917), Exploit-DB (31889), Tenable (33141), SecurityFocus (BID 29602†) and OSVDB (46041†). Similar entry is available at VDB-42771. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 33141
Nessus Name: Novell GroupWise Messenger Client < 2.0.3 HP1 Multiple Remote Overflows
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Saint ID: exploit_info/groupwise_messenger_http_response
Saint Name: Novell GroupWise Messenger HTTP response handling buffer overflow

MetaSploit ID: groupwisemessenger_client.rb
MetaSploit Name: Novell GroupWise Messenger Client Buffer Overflow
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: GroupWise Messenger 2.0
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06/09/2008 +4 days 🔍
06/11/2008 +2 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: support.novell.com
Organization: Infobyte Security Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2703 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2703
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42770
X-Force: 42917
SecurityFocus: 29602 - Novell GroupWise Messenger Client Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 30576
OSVDB: 46041 - Novell GroupWise Messenger Messenger Client buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1020209
Vulnerability Center: 18613 - Novell GroupWise Messenger Buffer Overflows Allows Arbitrary Code Execution or DoS, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-1764

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

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 02/16/2025 05:59
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (82), 08/11/2019 16:22 (13), 02/16/2025 05:59 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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