Multiple Novell iChain Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:8280

Info

Multiple Novell iChain Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 8280
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 25 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 25 2003 12:00AM
Credit: These vulnerabilities have been announced in a Novell technical description document.
Vulnerable: Novell iChain Server 2.1 SP2
Novell iChain Server 2.1 SP1
Novell iChain Server 2.1
Not Vulnerable: Novell iChain Server 2.1 SP3

Discussion

Multiple Novell iChain Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Novell iChain has been reported prone to multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

The first issue occurs when a special script is run against login. It is reported that this issue may be exploited to trigger a server ABEND condition.

The second issue occurs when excessive data is passed as a user login name to the iChain server. Under certain circumstances, the excessive data will likely trigger an ABEND condition in the affected software.

Exploit / POC

Multiple Novell iChain Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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

Multiple Novell iChain Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor has released a service pack to address these and other issues, it should be noted that a valid Novell site session id is required to view this link:


Novell iChain Server 2.1 SP2

References

Multiple Novell iChain Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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