CVE-2005-2469

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the NMAP Agent for Novell NetMail 3.52C and possibly earlier versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long user name in the USER command.

Affected products

Novell Netmail: 3.5.2-c

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0299.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15925/
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-23/advisory/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015048
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972340.htm
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972433.htm
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972438.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/19916
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15080
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22727
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0299.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15925/

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