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CVE-2010-4326: Novell Groupwise: Buffer overflow

CVE-2010-4326 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Novell Groupwise. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Multiple buffer overflows in gwwww1.dll in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) in Novell GroupWise before 8.02HP allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via variables in a VCALENDAR message, as demonstrated by a long (1) REQUEST-STATUS, (2) TZNAME, (3) COMMENT, or (4) RRULE variable in this message.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Underlying weakness

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.

Affected products

Novell Groupwise: up to and including 8.0.2; 4.1; 4.1a; 5.0; 5.1; 5.2; 5.5; 5.57e; 6.0; 6.0 sp1; 6.0 sp5; 6.0.1 sp1