VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-5153
In Novell NetWare before 6.5 SP8, a stack buffer overflow in processing of CALLIT RPC calls in the NFS Portmapper daemon in PKERNEL.NLM allowed remote unauthenticated attackers to execute code, because a length field was incorrectly trusted.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 6.12%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Novell NetWare before 6.5 SP8, a stack buffer overflow in processing of CALLIT RPC calls in the NFS Portmapper daemon in PKERNEL.NLM allowed remote unauthenticated attackers to execute code, because a length field was incorrectly trusted.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.12% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microfocus/netware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515804Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=1z3z-OsVCiE~Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-067/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515804Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=1z3z-OsVCiE~Vendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-067/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.