Description
Novell Netware 6.5 SP8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, memory consumption, ABEND, and crash) via a large number of malformed or AFP requests that are not properly handled by (1) the CIFS functionality in CIFS.nlm Semantic Agent (Build 163 MP) 3.27 or (2) the AFP functionality in AFPTCP.nlm Build 163 SP 3.27. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Novell Netware - CIFS and AFP Remote Memory Consumption Denial of Service EDB-11009 · dos · Jan 5, 2010 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- ADV-2010-0041 vdb-entry
- 1023400 vdb-entry
- http://protekresearch.blogspot.com/2010/01/prl-cifsnlm-memory-consumption-denial.html
- 37616 vdb-entry
- netware-afptcp-dos(55389) vdb-entry
- 11009 exploit
- 38114 third-party-advisory
- 20100105 {PRL} Novell Netware CIFS And AFP Remote Memory Consumption DoS mailing-list