Novell NetWare remote administration protocol buffer overflow
| netware-remote-admin-overflow (4310) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
NetWare systems with TCP enabled that use the HTTP remote administration protocol are vulnerable to a buffer overflow condition. A remote attacker can send a long GET request of containing several thousand bytes to overflow a buffer in the remote administration utility. An attacker could use this overflow to execute arbitrary code, or to cause a denial of service by making repeated long GET requests until the server stops responding to additional connection requests.
Consequences:
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 6, 2008.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Apr 18 2000 - 07:29:27 CDT: Novell Netware 5.1 (server 5.00h, Dec 11, 1999).
- BID-1118: Netware 5.1 Remote Administration Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2000-0257: Buffer overflow in the NetWare remote web administration utility allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute commands via a long URL.
- OSVDB ID: 1286: Novell NetWare Remote Administration Overflow
Platforms Affected:
- Novell NetWare 5.1
Reported:
Apr 19, 2000
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