cqure.net.20020412.netware_sdmr.a

["Patrik Karlsson" <patrik.karlsson () se pwcglobal com>]

cqure.net Security Vulnerability Report
No: cqure.net.20020412.netware_sdmr.a
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Vulnerability Summary
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Problem:           The IPX compatibility issue Posted to BugTraq on
                   July 11, 2000 by Dimuthu Parussalla applies to
                   Netware 6.0 SP 1 as well.

Threat:            An attacker could cause the SDMR.NLM to abend
                   and in some cases reboot the server. See bid
                   1467 for more information.

Affected Software: Novell Netware 6.0 SP 1.

Solution:          Taken from Bugtraq bid 1467.
                   "IPX-Compatibility should not be enabled on
                   production servers."


Solution
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Disable IPX-Compatibility on production servers.

Additional Information
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Novell was contacted 20020412.

This vulnerability was found and researched by
Patrik Karlsson & Jonas Ländin
patrik.karlsson () se pwcglobal com
jonas.landin () ixsecurity com

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