CVE-2008-5696

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

Novell NetWare 6.5 before Support Pack 8, when an OES2 Linux server is installed into the NDS tree, does not require a password for the ApacheAdmin console, which allows remote attackers to reconfigure the Apache HTTP Server via console operations.

Affected products

Novell Netware: through 6.5; 6.5, 6.5-sp1, 6.5-sp1.1a, 6.5-sp1.1b, 6.5-sp2, 6.5-sp3 (+3)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32989
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7001907
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32657
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021350
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3368
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47104
http://secunia.com/advisories/32989
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7001907
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32657
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021350
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3368
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47104

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