Novell GroupWise 8.0 GroupWise Internet Agent denial of service

CVSS Meta Temp Score CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.	Current Exploit Price (≈) Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.	CTI Interest Score Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.1	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell GroupWise 8.0. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component GroupWise Internet Agent. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2011-2218. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell GroupWise 8.0 (Groupware Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component GroupWise Internet Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) in Novell GroupWise 8.0 before HP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2219.

The weakness was presented 10/07/2011 as Bug 582471 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.novell.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-2218 since 06/02/2011. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

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 and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 8.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (56385) and SecurityFocus (BID 49774†). See VDB-58908, VDB-58907, VDB-58904 and VDB-58901 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Groupware Software

Vendor

Novell

Name

GroupWise

Version

License

commercial

Support

end of life

Website

Vendor: https://www.novell.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳

Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock
Today	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock	Unlock

Nessus ID: 56385
Nessus Name: GroupWise Internet Agent < 8.0.2 HP3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: GroupWise 8.0

Timelineinfo

06/02/2011 🔍
09/26/2011 +116 days 🔍
10/04/2011 +8 days 🔍
10/07/2011 +3 days 🔍
10/07/2011 +0 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1263 days 🔍
02/12/2019 +1422 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: Bug 582471
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2011-2218 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2218
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58903
SecurityFocus: 49774

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 02/12/2019 10:45
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (61), 02/12/2019 10:45 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103