CVE-2010-0317

Novell Netware 6.5 SP8 - Denial of Service via Malformed CIFS or AFP Requests

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2010-0317. PoCs published by Francis Provencher.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Perl script exploits a memory consumption vulnerability in Novell Netware CIFS and AFP services by sending randomly generated strings to the target, causing a denial of service. It continuously sends data to the target port 548, overwhelming the system's memory.

Description

Novell Netware 6.5 SP8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, memory consumption, ABEND, and crash) via a large number of malformed or AFP requests that are not properly handled by (1) the CIFS functionality in CIFS.nlm Semantic Agent (Build 163 MP) 3.27 or (2) the AFP functionality in AFPTCP.nlm Build 163 SP 3.27. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Francis Provencher · perldosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11009

This Perl script exploits a memory consumption vulnerability in Novell Netware CIFS and AFP services by sending randomly generated strings to the target, causing a denial of service. It continuously sends data to the target port 548, overwhelming the system's memory.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Novell Netware 6.5 SP8
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target system · Target running Novell Netware 6.5 SP8 with CIFS or AFP services exposed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0041
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023400
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37616
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55389
Exploit exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/11009
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38114
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508731/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.1020
EPSS Percentile 95.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
novell/netware 6.5 sp8
Published Jan 15, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026