CVE-2011-4189: novell groupwise Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-4189 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Code Injection vulnerability in novell groupwise. EPSS estimates a 11.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 02-03-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The client in Novell GroupWise 8.0x through 8.02HP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) via a long e-mail address in an Address Book (aka .NAB) file.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.