CVE-2004-2579 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ACLCHECK module in Novell iChain 2.3 allows attackers to bypass access control rules of an unspecified component via an unspecified attack vector involving a string that contains escape sequences represented with "overlong UTF-8 encoding."

Published: 2005-11-28

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:novell:ichain:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-2570	ACLCHECK module in Novell iChain 2.3 allows attackers to bypass access control rules of an unspecified component via an unspecified attack vector involving a string that contains escape sequences represented with "overlong UTF-8 encoding."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00231.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/12366
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011074
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?2972080.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/9266
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11061
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17132

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Ichain

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-28T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:29:14.062Z

Reserved: 2005-11-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2579

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-2579

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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