Novell iPrint up to 5.04 ActiveX Control information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Novell iPrint up to 5.04 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component ActiveX Control. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-2432. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell iPrint up to 5.04 (Printing Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Insecure method vulnerability in the GetFileList method in an unspecified ActiveX control in Novell iPrint Client before 5.06 allows remote attackers to list the image files in an arbitrary directory via a directory name in the argument.

The bug was discovered 08/25/2008. The weakness was published 11/25/2008 by Carsten Eiram with Secunia Research (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-2432 since 05/27/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34049 (Novell iPrint Client ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115921 (Novell iPrint Client "IppCreateServerRef()" Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 4.28 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6356.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44615), Tenable (34049), SecurityFocus (BID 30813†), OSVDB (50687†) and Secunia (SA30667†). Similar entries are available at VDB-45196, VDB-45194 and VDB-43941. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 34049
Nessus Name: Novell iPrint Client ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 900040
OpenVAS Name: Novell iPrint Client ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: iPrint 4.28
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Carsten Eiram
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-2432 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2432
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45195
X-Force: 44615
SecurityFocus: 30813 - Novell iPrint Client ActiveX Control Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 30667 - Novell iPrint Client ActiveX Control Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50687 - Novell iPrint ActiveX control GetFileList() information disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 19338 - Novell iPrint 4.36 and 5.04 ActiveX Control (ienipp.ocx) Remote Sensitive Information Disclosure, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/16/2019 09:56
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (83), 08/16/2019 09:56 (4)
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