CVE-2005-2469 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the NMAP Agent for Novell NetMail 3.52C and possibly earlier versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long user name in the USER command.

Published: 2005-10-20

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.5.2:c:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2470	Stack-based buffer overflow in the NMAP Agent for Novell NetMail 3.52C and possibly earlier versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long user name in the USER command.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

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 0.00141.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0299.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15925/
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-23/advisory/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015048
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972340.htm
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972433.htm
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972438.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/19916
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15080
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22727

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Netmail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-20T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:30:01.620Z

Reserved: 2005-08-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2469

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-10-20T10:02:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-2469

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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