CVE-2003-0638

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Novell iChain 2.1 before Field Patch 3, and iChain 2.2 before Field Patch 1a, allow attackers to cause a denial of service (ABEND) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a long user name or (2) an unknown attack related to a "special script against login."

Affected products

Novell Ichain: 2.1, 2.1-sp1, 2.1-sp2

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105492847631711&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105492852131747&w=2
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2966435.htm
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105492847631711&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105492852131747&w=2
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2966435.htm

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