Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2018· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-5153
CVE-2009-5153
Description
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 trusted.
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Affected products
9cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=6.5
- cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:6.5:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:6.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:6.5:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:6.5:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:6.5:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:6.5:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microfocus:netware:6.5:sp7:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
3- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- download.novell.com/DownloadnvdVendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-067/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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