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CVE-2011-4191

Published: Nov 30, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
10.4%
Top 4.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the xdrDecodeString function in XNFS.NLM in Novell NetWare 6.5 SP8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (abend or NFS outage) via long packets.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

netwarenovell
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
novellcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka suse novell, novell suse

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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Cfw1tDezgbw~
download.novell.com
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671020
bugzilla.novell.com
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702491
bugzilla.novell.com

Timeline

Published
Nov 30, 2011
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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