CVE-2005-2804

Novell GroupWise 6.5.3 - Denial of Service via Large TCP/IP Port in Registry Key

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-2804. PoCs published by Francisco Amato.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a local integer overflow vulnerability in Novell GroupWise Client 6.5.3. The issue can be triggered by providing a specific long integer value, potentially leading to memory corruption, crashes, or arbitrary code execution.

Description

Integer overflow in the registry parsing code in GroupWise 6.5.3, and possibly earlier version, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large TCP/IP port in the Windows registry key.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Francisco Amato · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26301

This is a writeup describing a local integer overflow vulnerability in Novell GroupWise Client 6.5.3. The issue can be triggered by providing a specific long integer value, potentially leading to memory corruption, crashes, or arbitrary code execution.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Novell GroupWise Client 6.5.3
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · Ability to input the malicious value into the GroupWise Client
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-09/0763.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/19862
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22419
Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-September/037442.html
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/adv/ISR-13.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014977
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14952
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112784386426802&w=2
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/28

Scores

EPSS 0.0508
EPSS Percentile 91.3%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
novell/groupwise 6.5.3
Published Oct 04, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026