# CVE-2005-2852: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Novell NetWare via an incorrect password length in CIFS.NLM.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Sep 2005
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mj2p-mqjh-gc8g

## What is CVE-2005-2852?

CVE-2005-2852 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Novell Netware, published on 8 Sep 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unknown vulnerability in CIFS.NLM in Novell Netware 6.5 SP2 and SP3, 5.1, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ABEND) via an incorrect password length, as exploited by the "worm.rbot.ccc" worm.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2852?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Novell Netware.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-2852?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2852 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-2852 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-2852 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Novell NetWare LSASS CIFS.NLM Driver Stack Buffer Overflow (metasploit)
- Novell NetWare - LSASS CIFS.NLM Driver Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Novell Netware

- [CVE-2010-4227](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4227/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2010-2351](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-2351/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1595](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1595/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-2734](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2734/): webadmin-apache.conf in Novell Web Manager of Novell NetWare 6.5 uses an uppercase Alias tag with an inconsistent lowercase directory tag fo (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-1999-1086](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1086/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-2852 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-2852 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Novell Netware, published on 8 Sep 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-2852 exists.

Affected product: Novell Netware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2852/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2852/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2852
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2852
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2852

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