CVE-2008-3158

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Published Jul 11, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS 5.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:novell:novell_client_for_windows:4.91_sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 5.5% (5.481% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/30904
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5028543.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30001
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020385
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1968/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43460

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Novell Client For Windows

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:28 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 11, 2008, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:28 AM
Reserved: Jul 11, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:55 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 11, 2008, 10:41 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:55 PM

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