CVE-2008-0639
highpriority · attend · 48EPSS 0.232 · 98 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (2)
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references (18)
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- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=SszG22IIugM~enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=120276962211348&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28895enisa_euvd
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5008300.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487980/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27741enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019366enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0496enisa_euvd
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