CVE-2005-1543

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 66.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple stack-based and heap-based buffer overflows in Remote Management authentication (zenrem32.exe) on Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop and Server Management, ZENworks for Desktops 4.x, ZENworks for Servers 3.x, and Remote Management allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) unspecified vectors, (2) type 1 authentication requests, and (3) type 2 authentication requests.

Affected products

Novell Zenworks: 6.5
Novell Zenworks Desktops: 3.2-sp2, 4.0, 4.0.1
Novell Zenworks Remote Management: all versions
Novell Zenworks Server Management: 6.5
Novell Zenworks Servers: 3.2

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111645317713662&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/15433
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014005
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10097644.htm
http://www.rem0te.com/public/images/zen.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13678
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0571
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20639
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20644
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20645
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111645317713662&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/15433

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