CVE-2009-0410: novell groupwise

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0410 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in novell groupwise. EPSS estimates a 9.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 03-02-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Off-by-one error in the SMTP daemon in GroupWise Internet Agent (GWIA) in Novell GroupWise 6.5x, 7.0, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.03HP1a, and 8.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long e-mail address in a malformed RCPT command, leading to a buffer overflow.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.