# CVE-2007-5767: Heap-based buffer overflow in the Client Trust application (clntrust.exe) in Novell BorderManager 3.8 before Update 1.5 allows remote attack

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-11-02 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Client Trust application (clntrust.exe) in Novell BorderManager 3.8 before Update 1.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a validation request in which the Novell tree name is not properly delimited with a wide-character backslash or NULL character.

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## References

- http://securitytracker.com/id?1018882
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3682
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=AuOWp2Xsvmc~
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26285
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-064.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27468

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