CVE-2001-0486

Novell BorderManager < 3.6 - Denial of Service via TCP SYN Flood

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2001-0486. PoCs published by honoriak.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit sends a flood of raw TCP SYN packets to Novell BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3.5 on port 353, causing a denial of service (DoS). It uses raw sockets to craft and send malformed packets with randomized source IPs and ports.

Description

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Novell BorderManager 3.6 and earlier by sending TCP SYN flood to port 353.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by honoriak · cdosnovell
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/264

This exploit sends a flood of raw TCP SYN packets to Novell BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3.5 on port 353, causing a denial of service (DoS). It uses raw sockets to craft and send malformed packets with randomized source IPs and ports.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Novell BorderManager Enterprise Edition 3.5
No auth needed
Prerequisites: raw socket permissions (typically root) · network access to target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2959062.htm
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2623
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6429
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98779821207867&w=2
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_vuln-dev
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vuln-dev/2001-q2/0020.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98865027328391&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0504
EPSS Percentile 91.2%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
novell/bordermanager < 3.6
Published Jul 02, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026