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 SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA36916
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36916/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Novell NetWare, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the portmapper daemon
(PKERNEL.NLM) when handling RPC calls. This can be exploited to cause
a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted CALLIT RPC
call.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in all 6.5 versions. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Apply vendor patch:
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=DNxmXuyVPuY~
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Nick DeBaggis, reported via ZDI
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Novell:
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=DNxmXuyVPuY~
ZDI:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-067/
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