NWFTPD.nlm before 5.04.25 in the FTP server in Novell NetWare does not promptly close DS sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a
NWFTPD.nlm before 5.04.25 in the FTP server in Novell NetWare does not promptly close DS sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection slot exhaustion) by establishing many FTP sessions that persist for the lifetime of a DS session.
- Published
- Apr 5, 2010
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.5% · 73th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
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Report tools
Action score
17
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.5%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| novell | netware ftp server | cpe:2.3:a:novell:netware_ftp_server |
| novell | netware | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- novell netwareall versions
- novell netware ftp serverall versions
Same product
novell: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- M
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.