CVE-2012-0271

Summary

CVECVE-2012-0271
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerflexera
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-19 10:57:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the WebConsole component in gwia.exe in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) in Novell GroupWise 8.0 before 8.0.3 HP1 and 2012 before SP1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated by a request with -1 in the Content-Length HTTP header.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Novell Groupwise 2012 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 5.2 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 5.5 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 5.57e All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 6.0 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 6.0.1 sp1 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 6.5 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 6.5 sp1 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 6.5 sp2 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 6.5 sp3 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 6.5 sp4 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 6.5 sp5 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 6.5 sp6 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 6.5.2 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 6.5.3 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 6.5.4 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 6.5.6 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 6.5.7 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.0 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.0.3 hp4 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.0.3 hp5 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.0.4 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.0.4 ftf All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.01 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.01 ir1 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.02 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.02 hp1 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.02 hp1a All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.02 hp2 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.02 hp2r1 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.03 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.03 hp All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.03 hp2 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.03 hp3 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 7.03 hp3\+ftf All All
Application Novell Groupwise 8.0 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 8.01 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 8.01 hp All All
Application Novell Groupwise 8.02 All All All
Application Novell Groupwise 8.02 hp1 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 8.02 hp2 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 8.02 hp3 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 8.03 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/85426 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com
{PRL} Novell GroupWise Internet Agent Integer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.protekresearchlab.com Exploit
Support | Security Vulnerability - GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) Integer Overflow Vulnerability in HTTP interface af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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