Novell NetWare 6.0/6.5 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell NetWare 6.0/6.5. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1591. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Novell NetWare 6.0/6.5 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

NWFTPD.nlm in the FTP server in Novell NetWare 6.0 before SP4 and 6.5 before SP1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (console hang) via a large number of FTP sessions, which are not properly handled during an NLM unload.

The weakness was disclosed 04/05/2010 (Website). The advisory is available at novell.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-1591 since 04/05/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-52585, VDB-52572, VDB-52571 and VDB-52570 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: NetWare 6.0

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03/19/2015 +1809 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: novell.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2003-1591 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1591
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52562
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/04/2026 21:23
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (49), 01/29/2019 10:26 (2), 05/04/2026 21:23 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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