CVE-2007-2954
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-08-31 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 13:57
Severity ?
Summary
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Spooler service (nwspool.dll) in Novell Client 4.91 SP2 through SP4 for Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain long arguments to the (1) RpcAddPrinterDriver, (2) RpcGetPrinterDriverDirectory, and other unspecified RPC requests, aka Novell bug 300870, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5854.
References
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttp://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=VOXNZb-6t_g~Patch
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttp://osvdb.org/37321
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/26374Patch, Vendor Advisory
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-57/advisory/Patch, Vendor Advisory
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1018623Patch
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25474Patch
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3006Vendor Advisory
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-045/
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35824
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=VOXNZb-6t_g~Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/37321
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26374Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-57/advisory/Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1018623Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25474Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3006Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-045/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35824
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