Novell NetWare up to 6.5 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Novell NetWare. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2010-0625. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell NetWare (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in NWFTPD.nlm before 5.10.01 in the FTP server in Novell NetWare 5.1 through 6.5 SP8 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) MKD, (2) RMD, (3) RNFR, or (4) DELE command.

The weakness was published 04/05/2010 by Francis Provencher as Bug 569496 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.novell.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0625 since 02/11/2010. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1973.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 39041†), Secunia (SA39151†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1023768†). Similar entries are available at VDB-52572, VDB-52571, VDB-52570 and VDB-52569. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Snort ID: 1973
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-FTP MKD overflow attempt
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Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: Bug 569496
Researcher: Francis Provencher
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0625 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0625
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52585
SecurityFocus: 39041 - Novell Netware FTP Server Multiple Commands Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 39151 - Novell NetWare FTP Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1023768
Vupen: ADV-2010-0742

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

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/05/2026 01:51
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (72), 01/29/2019 10:27 (1), 05/05/2026 01:51 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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