What is CVE-2009-5153?

CVE-2009-5153 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Microfocus Netware, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-11-21.

How severe is CVE-2009-5153?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Microfocus Netware

CVE-2009-5153

In Novell NetWare before 6.5 SP8, a stack buffer overflow in processing of CALLIT RPC calls in the NFS Portmapper daemon in PKERNEL.NLM allowed remote unauthenticated attackers to execute code, because a length field was incorrectly truste…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.061 (92.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Microfocus Netware — versions 6.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-5153?: CVE-2009-5153 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Microfocus Netware, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-11-21.
How severe is CVE-2009-5153?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.