Intrusion PreventionNovell.GroupWise.mailto.URI.Handler.Buffer.Overflow
Description
This indicates a buffer overflow vulnerability in Novell GroupWise. This vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow error when processing overly long "mailto:" URIs, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into following a specially crafted link or opening a malicious HTML attachment.
Affected Products
Novell Groupwise 7.0
Impact
System Compromise
Denial of Service
Recommended Actions
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information:
http://www.novell.com/products/groupwise/.
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
| Date | Version | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-09 | 25.618 | Name:Novell. Groupwise. mailto. URI. Handler. Buffer. Overflow:Novell. GroupWise. mailto. URI. Handler. Buffer. Overflow |
| 2021-01-11 | 16.995 |
| ID | 15581 |
| Created | May 09, 2008 |
| Updated | Aug 08, 2023 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2008-2069 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 10.99% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Other |
| Affected App | Other |