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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-2185

Original release date:05/22/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

PORTAL.NLM in Novell Netware 6.5 SP5 writes the username and password in cleartext to the abend.log log file when the groupOperationsMethod function fails, which allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:4.0 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information

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External Source: XF
Name: netware-portal-information-disclosure(26488)
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26488
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-1829
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/1829
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?2973698.htm
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?2973698.htm
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016106
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016106
External Source: BID
Name: 18017
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18017
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 25780
Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/25780
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 20288
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20288

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2185