Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Novell GroupWise, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused by an integer truncation error in NgwiCalVTimeZoneBody::ParseSelf() within gwwww1.dll when GroupWise Internet Agent parses "TZNAME" variables in VCALENDAR data. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted e-mail containing an overly long "TZNAME" property value. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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Secunia Research 27/09/2011
- Novell GroupWise Internet Agent "TZNAME" Parsing Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* Novell GroupWise 8.0.2 HP2
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Novell GroupWise 8 gives you a wide range of collaborative tools to
create a truly plugged in work environment.".
Product Link:
http://www.novell.com/products/groupwise/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Novell GroupWise,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.
The vulnerability is caused by an integer truncation error in
NgwiCalVTimeZoneBody::ParseSelf() within gwwww1.dll when GroupWise
Internet Agent parses "TZNAME" variables in VCALENDAR data. This can
be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially
crafted e-mail containing an overly long "TZNAME" property value.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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5) Solution
Update to version 8.02 Hot Patch 3.
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6) Time Table
04/03/2011 - Vendor notified.
04/03/2011 - Vendor response.
19/05/2011 - Vendor provides status update.
01/06/2011 - Vendor provides status update.
30/06/2011 - Vendor provides status update.
12/08/2011 - Vendor provides status update.
24/08/2011 - Vendor provides status update.
26/09/2011 - Vendor provides status update.
27/09/2011 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2011-0333 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-66/
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