CVE-2011-4191: novell netware

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-4191 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in novell netware. EPSS estimates a 10.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 30-11-2011
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the xdrDecodeString function in XNFS.NLM in Novell NetWare 6.5 SP8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (abend or NFS outage) via long packets.

• 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.