CVE-2007-2954 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Spooler service (nwspool.dll) in Novell Client 4.91 SP2 through SP4 for Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain long arguments to the (1) RpcAddPrinterDriver, (2) RpcGetPrinterDriverDirectory, and other unspecified RPC requests, aka Novell bug 300870, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5854.

Published: 2007-08-31

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 23.5% Moderate

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp4::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.23484.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=VOXNZb-6t_g~
http://osvdb.org/37321
http://secunia.com/advisories/26374
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-57/advisory/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018623
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25474
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3006
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-045/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35824

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Client

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: flexera

Published: 2007-08-31T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:57:54.748Z

Reserved: 2007-05-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-2954

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-08-31T22:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-2954

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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