CVE-2009-5153

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Published Nov 21, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 6.1% KEV · Not listed

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.

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:6.5:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:6.5:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:6.5:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:6.5:sp4::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:6.5:sp5::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:6.5:sp6::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:6.5:sp7::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 6.1% (6.117% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515804
https://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=1z3z-OsVCiE~
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-067/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Microfocus Netware

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 7:32 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 21, 2018, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 7:32 AM
Reserved: Nov 21, 2018, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:15 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 21, 2018, 3:29 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:15 PM

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