CVE-2008-0639

high

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the EnumPrinters function in the Spooler service (nwspool.dll) in Novell Client 4.91 SP2, SP3, and SP4 for Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC request, aka Novell bug 353138, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5854. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6701.

References

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-005.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0496

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019366

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27741

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487980/100/0/threaded

http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5008300.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/28895

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=120276962211348&w=2

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=SszG22IIugM~

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-02-13

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.23186