CVE-2002-1754 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Novell NetWare Client versions 4.80 through 4.83. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service (system crash) by using network utilities like ping or traceroute to force the client to process an excessively long hostname. With a CVSS score of 2.1, it is a low-severity vulnerability requiring local access and user interaction for exploitation, resulting only in availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.80CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:netware_client:4.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.81CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:netware_client:4.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.82CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:netware_client:4.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.83CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:netware_client:4.83:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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