CVE-2008-3158 (GCVE-0-2008-3158)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-11 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:28
VLAI
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in NWFS.SYS in Novell Client for Windows 4.91 SP4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, possibly related to IOCTL requests that overwrite arbitrary memory.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocume… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1968… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30001 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/30904 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-06-26 00:00
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