CVE-2013-3705 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 22 Dec 2013 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a system crash and Blue Screen of Death in Novell Client via a specific IOCTL call.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2013-3705?

CVE-2013-3705 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Dec 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The VBA32 AntiRootKit component for Novell Client 2 SP3 before IR5 on Windows allows local users to cause a denial of service (bugcheck and BSOD) via an IOCTL call for an invalid IOCTL.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3705?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Novell Client.

How do I fix CVE-2013-3705?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3705 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2013-3705 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3705 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8q9w-3v3g-fm5f.