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Novell NetIdentity Agent Pointer Dereference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The host is installed with Novell NetIdentity Agent and is prone to remote code execution vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

Handling of RPC messages over the XTIERRPCPIPE named pipe in 'xtagent.exe', and sending RPC messages that triggers the dereference of an arbitrary pointer which can cause remote code execution.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Novell NetIdentity Agent version prior to 1.2.4 on Windows.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to NetIdentity Client version 1.2.4 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)