CVE-2008-2069 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in Novell GroupWise 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a long argument in a mailto: URI.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.19258.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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:novell:groupwise:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:7.0:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:7.0:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:groupwise:7.0:sp3::::::

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Novell Subscribe	Groupwise Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3847
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491376/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491576/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491594/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28969
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019942
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1393/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42052
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5515

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-05-02T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:49:57.472Z

Reserved: 2008-05-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-2069

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-05-02T23:20:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-2069

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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