Novell NetWare 6.0/6.5 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell NetWare 6.0/6.5. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2003-1592. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Novell NetWare 6.0/6.5 (Operating System). This affects an unknown function. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple buffer overflows in NWFTPD.nlm in the FTP server in Novell NetWare 6.0 before SP4 and 6.5 before SP1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abend) via a long (1) username or (2) password.

The weakness was presented 04/05/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at novell.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-1592 since 04/05/2010. 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.

Upgrading to version 6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-52585, VDB-52572, VDB-52571 and VDB-52570 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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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-2003-1592 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1592
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52563
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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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