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CVE-2008-2069 (GCVE-0-2008-2069)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-02 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:49
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491594/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3847 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491576/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491376/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28969 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019942 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1393… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5515 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2008-04-28 00:00
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