CVE-2011-4191

critical

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the xdrDecodeString function in XNFS.NLM in Novell NetWare 6.5 SP8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (abend or NFS outage) via long packets.

References

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702491

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671020

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Cfw1tDezgbw~

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-11-30

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: 0.10383

Detections

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