CVE-2003-0562 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the CGI2PERL.NLM PERL handler within Novell Netware versions 5.1 and 6.0. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (ABEND) by submitting an overly long input string. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no impact on confidentiality or integrity, but a complete impact on availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, though no active exploitation or media coverage is reported.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:5.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:5.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.