PT-2009-6088 · Novell · Novell-Groupwise-Client+1

Francis Provencher · Published 2009-11-04 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2009-3863

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 Client version 7.0.3.1294

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the gxmim1.dll ActiveX control. This can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically an application crash, by providing a long argument to the SetFontFace method.

Recommendations For Novell Groupwise Client version 7.0.3.1294, consider disabling the SetFontFace method in the gxmim1.dll ActiveX control as a temporary workaround to prevent potential crashes until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3863

Affected Products

Novell-Groupwise-Client

Gxmim1.Dll

References · 4

• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/9683 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/9683 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3863 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3863 · Note