CVE-2011-4189

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4189
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-03-02 22:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe client in Novell GroupWise 8.0x through 8.02HP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) via a long e-mail address in an Address Book (aka .NAB) file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Novell Groupwise 8.0 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 8.0 hp1 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 8.0 hp2 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 8.0 sp1 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 8.0.1 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 8.0.2 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 8.0.2 hp1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support | Security Vulnerability - GroupWise 8 Windows Client Address Book Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/79720 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Novell Groupwise Client CVE-2011-4189 Address Book Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
{PRL} Novell Groupwise Address Book Remote Code Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.protekresearchlab.com Exploit
Security Advisory SA48199 - Novell GroupWise Client Address Book Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Novell GroupWise Client Address Book Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com
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