A vulnerability has been identified in Novell Client, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security restrictions and gain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "forgotten password" dialog when handling an overly long username, which could allow an attacker with physical access to a vulnerable system to bypass the authentication process and execute arbitrary commands.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by laurent gaffié.
ChangeLog
2008-05-13 : Initial release
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