# CVE-2011-0404: Stack-based buffer overflow in NetSupport Manager Agent for Linux 11.00, for Solaris 9.50, and for Mac OS X 11.00 allows remote attackers to

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2011-01-11 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in NetSupport Manager Agent for Linux 11.00, for Solaris 9.50, and for Mac OS X 11.00 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long control hostname to TCP port 5405, probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-5252.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0062
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15937
- http://osvdb.org/70408
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024943
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45728
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64546
- http://www.ikkisoft.com/stuff/netsupport_linux.txt
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16838
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-01/0090.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42794
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15937
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16838
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/misc/netsupport_manager_agent.rb

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