CVE-2016-5762

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-5762
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-20 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:33:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the Post Office Agent in Novell GroupWise before 2014 R2 Service Pack 1 Hot Patch 1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) username or (2) password, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Novell Groupwise 2014 - All All
Application Novell Groupwise 2014 r2 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 2014 sp1 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 2014 sp2 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 2014 - All All
Application Novell Groupwise 2014 r2 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 2014 sp1 All All
Application Novell Groupwise 2014 sp2 All All
Application Novell Groupwise All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vulnerability Lab - SEC Consult MISC www.sec-consult.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php www.novell.com
Micro Focus GroupWise Cross Site Scripting / Overflows ≈ Packet Storm packetstormsecurity.com
Novell GroupWise CVE-2016-5762 Heap Overflow Vulnerability www.securityfocus.com
Full Disclosure: SEC Consult SA-20160825-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in Micro Focus (Novell) GroupWise seclists.org
SecurityFocus www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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