CVE-2004-2579

critical

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."

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17132

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11061

http://www.osvdb.org/9266

http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?2972080.htm

http://securitytracker.com/id?1011074

http://secunia.com/advisories/12366

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00488