Novell GroupWise up to 2012 Web Admin Interface gwia.exe Content-Length numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Novell GroupWise. Impacted is an unknown function of the file gwia.exe of the component Web Admin Interface. Performing a manipulation of the argument Content-Length with the input -1 as part of HTTP Header results in numeric error. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2012-0271. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to use restrictive firewalling.

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A vulnerability was found in Novell GroupWise (Groupware Software). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown code of the file gwia.exe of the component Web Admin Interface. The manipulation of the argument Content-Length with the input value -1 leads to a numeric error vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-189. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in the WebConsole component in gwia.exe in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) in Novell GroupWise 8.0 before 8.0.3 HP1 and 2012 before SP1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated by a request with -1 in the Content-Length HTTP header.

The weakness was disclosed 09/14/2012 by Francis Provencher (Agent) with Protek Research Lab's as SA50622 as confirmed advisory (Website) via Secunia. The advisory is shared at protekresearchlab.com. The public release happened without involvement of Novell. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-0271 since 12/30/2011. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/04/2025). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

A public exploit has been developed by Francis Provencher in Python and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at protekresearchlab.com. It is declared as highly functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62283 (Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 8.x <= 8.0.2 HP3 / 12.x < 12.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124569 (Novell GroupWise Internet Agent Integer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 8.0 eliminates this vulnerability.It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling tcp/9850. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12658.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (78601), Exploit-DB (21326), Tenable (62283), SecurityFocus (BID 55551†) and OSVDB (85426†). The entries VDB-5711, VDB-5712, VDB-5721 and VDB-5717 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 62283
Nessus Name: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 8.x <= 8.0.2 HP3 / 12.x < 12.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: SA50622
Researcher: Francis Provencher (Agent)
Organization: Protek Research Lab's
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0271 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0271
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6297
X-Force: 78601
SecurityFocus: 55551 - Novell GroupWise Internet Agent CVE-2012-0271 Remote Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 50622 - Novell GroupWise Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 85426
SecurityTracker: 1027536 - Novell GroupWise Internet Agent Integer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 36272 - Novell GroupWise GWIA Integer Overflow Allows Remote Code Execution via a Crafted Request, High

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

Created: 09/17/2012 17:10
Updated: 01/04/2025 22:38
Changes: 09/17/2012 17:10 (93), 04/17/2017 11:32 (14), 04/13/2021 07:23 (2), 01/04/2025 22:38 (21)
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Cache ID: 216:9B8:103

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