SuSE Open Enterprise Server Novell Remote Manager HTTP Request Header Heap Overflow Vulnerability

BID:16226

Info

SuSE Open Enterprise Server Novell Remote Manager HTTP Request Header Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16226
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2005-3655
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 13 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 13 2006 12:00AM
Credit: This issue was reported by iDEFENSE who credit an anonymous individual with discovering the issue.
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 9.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SuSE Open Enterprise Server Novell Remote Manager HTTP Request Header Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Novell Remote Manager (novell-nrm) is prone to a remotely exploitable heap overflow vulnerability. This issue may be triggered by a malicious HTTP request header.

Successful exploitation will allow for arbitrary code execution in the context of the application.

Novell Remote Manager ships with the SuSE Open Enterprise Server only.

Exploit / POC

SuSE Open Enterprise Server Novell Remote Manager HTTP Request Header Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

SuSE Open Enterprise Server Novell Remote Manager HTTP Request Header Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released advisory SUSE-SA:2006:002 has been released to address this issue. Updates may be installed through Red Carpet / ZLM. Please see the attached advisory for further information on obtaining and applying fixes.

References

SuSE Open Enterprise Server Novell Remote Manager HTTP Request Header Heap Overflow Vulnerability

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