# CVE-2010-0317: Novell Netware 6.5 SP8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, memory consumption, ABEND, and crash)


- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Jan 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xf59-c653-rhw8

## What is CVE-2010-0317?

CVE-2010-0317 is a high-severity vulnerability in Novell Netware, published on 15 Jan 2010. 

### Official description

Novell Netware 6.5 SP8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, memory consumption, ABEND, and crash) via a large number of malformed or AFP requests that are not properly handled by (1) the CIFS functionality in CIFS.nlm Semantic Agent (Build 163 MP) 3.27 or (2) the AFP functionality in AFPTCP.nlm Build 163 SP 3.27.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0317?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Novell Netware.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-0317?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0317 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-0317 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-0317 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Novell Netware - CIFS and AFP Remote Memory Consumption Denial of Service (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-2010-0317 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-0317 is a high-severity vulnerability in Novell Netware, published on 15 Jan 2010. 
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-0317 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-2010-0317/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0317/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0317
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0317
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-0317

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0317/
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