CVE-2007-2171 (GCVE-0-2007-2171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-04-24 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 13:23
VLAI
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the base64_decode function in GWINTER.exe in Novell GroupWise (GW) WebAccess before 7.0 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long base64 content in an HTTP Basic Authentication request.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2007-04-18 00:00
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