Novell GroupWise 8.0 GroupWise Internet Agent gwia.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Novell GroupWise 8.0 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file gwia.exe of the component GroupWise Internet Agent. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2011-0334. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell GroupWise 8.0 (Groupware Software) and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the file gwia.exe of the component GroupWise Internet Agent. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in gwia.exe in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) in Novell GroupWise 8.0 before HP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP request for a .css file.

The weakness was released 10/07/2011 by Carsten Eiram with Secunia Research as Bug 678939 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.novell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-0334. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/23/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56385 (GroupWise Internet Agent < 8.0.2 HP3 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading to version 8.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11968.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (70070), Tenable (56385), SecurityFocus (BID 49779†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33492†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-58908, VDB-58907, VDB-58904 and VDB-58903. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 56385
Nessus Name: GroupWise Internet Agent < 8.0.2 HP3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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01/06/2011 🔍
09/26/2011 +263 days 🔍
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10/07/2011 +11 days 🔍
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11/23/2021 +2437 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: Bug 678939
Researcher: Carsten Eiram
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0334 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0334
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58901
X-Force: 70070
SecurityFocus: 49779 - Novell GroupWise Internet Agent HTTP Interface Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 33492 - Novell GroupWise 8.0 before HP3 GWIA Stack-Based Buffer Overflow via Long HTTP Request for CSS File, Critical

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/23/2021 11:28
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 04/03/2017 17:51 (12), 11/23/2021 11:21 (3), 11/23/2021 11:28 (1)
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