CVE-2011-4194

Published: Feb 2, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119

NVD MITRE

7.5CVSSHIGH

EPSS Score

Description

Buffer overflow in Novell iPrint Server in Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES2) through SP3 on Linux allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted attributes-natural-language field.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

open enterprise server novell

On-premOS

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

n/a n/a

novellcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka suse novell, novell suse

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7010084

novell.com

Timeline

Published

Feb 2, 2012

Last Updated

Apr 29, 2026

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