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TI-2007-02860 Aliases CVE-2007-2954GHSA-mwg2-x42f-3jxf

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Spooler service (nwspool.dll) in Novell…

Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Spooler service (nwspool.dll) in Novell Client 4.91 SP2 through SP4 for Windows allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain long arguments to the (1) RpcAddPrinterDriver, (2) RpcGetPrinterDriverDirectory, and other unspecified RPC requests, aka Novell bug 300870, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5854.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.23186 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*4.91 sp2VulnerableNovell
cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*4.91 sp3VulnerableNovell
cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*4.91 sp4VulnerableNovell
  • cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.91 sp2 Vulnerable ·Novell
  • cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.91 sp3 Vulnerable ·Novell
  • cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.91 sp4 Vulnerable ·Novell

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-2954
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mwg2-x42f-3jxf

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

  • TI-2008-00608 Stack-based buffer overflow in the EnumPrinters function in the Spooler service… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2006-02244 Multiple integer overflows in the DPRPC library (DPRPCW32.DLL) in Novell Client 4.83 SP3… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2007-06396 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Spooler service (nwspool.dll) in Novell… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2006-06190 Buffer overflow in the Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS) Print Provider for… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2000-00790 Norton AntiVirus 5.00.01C with the Novell Netware client does not properly restart the… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2013-03458 The NICM.SYS kernel driver 3.1.11.0 in Novell Client 4.91 SP5 on Windows XP and Windows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
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Sources

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