Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Novell Client, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Novell Client srvloc.sys Denial of Service Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23244
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23244/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From local network
SOFTWARE:
Novell Client for Windows NT/2000/XP 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/1516/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Novell Client, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in
SRVLOC.SYS. This can be exploited to crash the system by sending a
specially crafted packet to port 427/TCP.
The vulnerabilities are reported in version 4.91. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.91 SP3.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Tyler Krpata.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/859/3480790_f.SAL_Public.html
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