SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA41180
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RELEASE DATE:
2010-09-01
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http://secunia.com/advisories/41180/#comments
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Novell NetWare, which can be
exploited by malicious users to potentially compromise a vulnerable
system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in SSHD.NLM and
SFTP-SVR.NLM when handling user sessions and can be exploited to
cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long (greater than
512 characters) absolute path string.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in NetWare 6.5.
SOLUTION:
Restrict access to OpenSSH to trusted users only.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Francis Provencher, Protek Research Lab via ZDI.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Novell:
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7006756
OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/
DEEP LINKS:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/
EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/
EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/
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