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Secunia Research 08/12/2009
- Novell iPrint Client Date/Time Parsing Buffer Overflow -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* Novell iPrint Client 4.38
* Novell iPrint Client 5.30
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Novell iPrint extends print services securely across multiple
networks and operating systems. Using proven Internet technologies,
iPrint transforms your Novell Distributed Print Services? (NDPS®)
printers into Net-enabled printers, making all your printing resources
instantly accessible with a Web browser and a few mouse clicks".
Product Link:
http://www.novell.com/products/openenterpriseserver/iprint.html
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Novell iPrint
Client, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.
The vulnerability is caused by a boundary error in the parsing of
certain time information and can be exploited to cause a stack-based
buffer overflow via overly long strings passed to certain parameters
and methods.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user
e.g. views a malicious web page.
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5) Solution
Update to version 5.32.
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6) Time Table
04/11/2009 - Vendor notified.
09/11/2009 - Vendor notified (2nd attempt).
09/11/2009 - Vendor response.
08/12/2009 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2009-1569 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-44/
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