CVE-2008-2145

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

12/05/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Novell Client 4.91 SP4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long username in the "forgotten password" dialog.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp4::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp3::::::
cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp4::::::

CVE-2008-2145

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools