National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5696
Original release date:12/19/2008
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Novell NetWare 6.5 before Support Pack 8, when an OES2 Linux server is installed into the NDS tree, does not require a password for the ApacheAdmin console, which allows remote attackers to reconfigure the Apache HTTP Server via console operations.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: netware-apacheadmin-security-bypass(47104)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-3368
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021350
External Source: BID
Name: 32657
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7001907
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32989
Type: Advisory
