CVE-2004-2579

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

ACLCHECK module in Novell iChain 2.3 allows attackers to bypass access control rules of an unspecified component via an unspecified attack vector involving a string that contains escape sequences represented with "overlong UTF-8 encoding."

Affected products

Novell Ichain: 2.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/12366
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011074
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?2972080.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/9266
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11061
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17132
http://secunia.com/advisories/12366
http://securitytracker.com/id?1011074
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?2972080.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/9266
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11061
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17132

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