Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Novell NetMail, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Novell NetMail NMDMC.EXE Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25204
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25204/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Novell NetMail 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/1530/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Novell NetMail, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the SSL
version of the NMDMC.EXE service and can be exploited to cause a
stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet sent to
the service.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 3.52e_FTF2. Other versions
may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
The vendor has issued a beta patch, 3.52f Beta 1.
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Ad2xk29hHTg~
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered by an anonymous person and reported via iDefense Labs.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Novell:
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Ad2xk29hHTg~
iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=532
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