CVE-2011-4191 (GCVE-0-2011-4191)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-11-30 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 03:53
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Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the xdrDecodeString function in XNFS.NLM in Novell NetWare 6.5 SP8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (abend or NFS outage) via long packets.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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