Abend in PKERNEL.NLM , when the server is scanned with Nessus - a security scanner tool.

(Last modified: 14Nov2003)

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fact

Novell NetWare 5.1

Novell NetWare 6.0

Novell NFS Services 3.0

Novell Native File Access for UNIX (NFAU)

symptom

Abend in PKERNEL.NLM , when the server is scanned with Nessus - a security scanner tool.

Abend in PKERNEL.NLM, when overflow packet is received.

EIP in PKERNEL.NLM at code start +00002D12h

fix

Fixed with PKERNEL.NLM version 15.01N of date 12/11/2003
Will be part of CSP10

note

Abend 1 on P00: Server-5.60.03: General Protection Processor Exception (Error code 00000000)

Registers:
    CS = 0008 DS = 0010 ES = 0010 FS = 0010 GS = 0010 SS = 0010
    EAX = 00000000 EBX = FFFFFFFF ECX = 00000162 EDX = 00000000
    ESI = FFFFFFFF EDI = 230297E4 EBP = 23029838 ESP = 23029314
    EIP = C4F89D12 FLAGS = 00010206
    C4F89D12 C3             RET
    EIP in PKERNEL.NLM at code start +00002D12h

The violation occurred while processing the following instruction:
C4F89D12 C3             RET
C4F89D13 90             NOP
PKERNEL.NLM|NWputnfsexport:
C4F89D14 53             PUSH    EBX
C4F89D15 57             PUSH    EDI
C4F89D16 55             PUSH    EBP
C4F89D17 83EC14         SUB     ESP,00000014
C4F89D1A 8B7C2424       MOV     EDI,[ESP+24]
C4F89D1E 8B5C2428       MOV     EBX,[ESP+28]
C4F89D22 6A01           PUSH    01
C4F89D24 6A02           PUSH    02

Running process: nfsserv        12 Process
Thread Owned by NLM: NFSSERV.NLM
Stack pointer: 23028384
OS Stack limit: 23025DE0
Scheduling priority: 67371008
Wait state: 5050190  Blocked on a kernel CV
Stack: --FFFFFFFF  (LOADER.EXE|KernelTempAliasesEnd+FFF)
       --FFFFFFFF  (LOADER.EXE|KernelTempAliasesEnd+FFF)
       --FFFFFFFF  (LOADER.EXE|KernelTempAliasesEnd+FFF)
       --FFFFFFFF  (LOADER.EXE|KernelTempAliasesEnd+FFF)
       

document

Document Title: Abend in PKERNEL.NLM , when the server is scanned with Nessus - a security scanner tool.
Document ID: 10088719
Solution ID: NOVL93875
Creation Date: 12Nov2003
Modified Date: 14Nov2003
Novell Product Class:NetWare

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