National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-5854

Overview

Multiple buffer overflows in the Spooler service (nwspool.dll) in Novell Netware Client 4.91 through 4.91 SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) EnumPrinters and (2) OpenPrinter functions.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#653076

Name: VU#653076

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/653076

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#300636

Name: VU#300636

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/300636

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-043.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-043.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=3125538&sliceId=SAL_Public

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=3125538&sliceId=SAL_Public

External Source: XF

Name: novell-nwspool-bo(30461)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30461

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/testlpc.c

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/testlpc.c

External Source: BID

Name: 21220

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21220

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20061129 ZDI-06-043: Novell Netware Client Print Provider Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/453012/100/0/threaded

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-4631

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/4631

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974765.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974765.htm

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017315

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017315

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017263

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017263

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23027

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23027