PT-2008-4149 · Novell · Novell Groupwise Messenger

Published 2008-06-13 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-2704

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Novell GroupWise Messenger (GWIM) versions prior to 2.0.3 Hot Patch 1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially resulting in a crash, by providing a long user ID. This might involve triggering a popup alert. It is unclear whether this issue can cross privilege boundaries.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.3 Hot Patch 1, update to version 2.0.3 Hot Patch 1 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the length of the user ID to prevent potential crashes until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2704

Affected Products

Novell Groupwise Messenger

References · 8

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/29602 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30576 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1764/references · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2704 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/493964/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5026700.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020209 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42918 · Note