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CVE-2005-2469
Stack-based buffer overflow in the NMAP Agent for Novell NetMail 3.52C and possibly earlier versions allows local users to execute…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.51%
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the NMAP Agent for Novell NetMail 3.52C and possibly earlier versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long user name in the USER command.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 56% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- netmail-nmap-user-bo(22727) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1015048 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 15080 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972340.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972433.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19916 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-23/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 15925 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20051012 Secunia Research: Novell NetMail NMAP Agent "USER" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972438.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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