====================================================================== Secunia Research 08/12/2009 - Novell iPrint Client "target-frame" Parameter Buffer Overflow - ====================================================================== Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software * Novell iPrint Client 5.30 NOTE: Other versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Highly critical Impact: System compromise Where: Remote ====================================================================== 3) Vendor's Description of Software "Novell iPrint extends print services securely across multiple networks and operating systems. Using proven Internet technologies, iPrint transforms your Novell Distributed Print Services? (NDPS®) printers into Net-enabled printers, making all your printing resources instantly accessible with a Web browser and a few mouse clicks". Product Link: http://www.novell.com/products/openenterpriseserver/iprint.html ====================================================================== 4) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Novell iPrint Client, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused by a boundary error in ienipp.ocx when parsing the "target-frame" parameter and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an overly long parameter value. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user e.g. views a malicious web page. ====================================================================== 5) Solution Update to version 5.32. ====================================================================== 6) Time Table 02/11/2009 - Vendor notified. 03/11/2009 - Vendor response. 08/12/2009 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 7) Credits Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2009-1568 for the vulnerability. ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/ Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. http://secunia.com/advisories/ Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/ Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/ ====================================================================== 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-40/ Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ ======================================================================