Technical Description

Two vulnerabilities have been identified in Novell iPrint Client, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable system.

The first issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in "ienipp.ocx" when processing an overly long "target-frame" parameter, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

The second vulnerability is caused by a buffer overflow error when processing certain time information, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

Affected Products

Novell iPrint Client version 4.38 and prior
Novell iPrint Client version 5.30 and prior

Solution

Upgrade to Novell iPrint Client version 5.32 :
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=29T3EFRky18~

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3429
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=29T3EFRky18~
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-40/
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-44/
http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/8336
http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/8339

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by Carsten Eiram (Secunia Research).

ChangeLog

2009-12-08 : Initial release

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