Buffer overflow in Novell Open Enterprise Server

CVE-2014-0595

/opt/novell/ncl/bin/nwrights in Novell Client for Linux in Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) 11 Linux SP2 does not properly manage a certain array, which allows local users to obtain the S permission in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the granting of the F permission by an administrator.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 25.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2014-0595: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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