VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-0924

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 5.00%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.00%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the DoLBURPRequest function in libnldap in ndsd in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.9 and earlier, and 8.8.1 and earlier in the 8.8.x series, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or CPU consumption) or execute arbitrary code via a long delRequest LDAP Extended Request message, probably involving a long Distinguished Name (DN) field.

CVSS 2.0: 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 5.00% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: novell/edirectory
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29476Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490117/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28434Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019692Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0987/referencesVendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-013/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/411/3382120_f.SAL_Public.htmlPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/29476Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490117/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28434Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019692Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0987/referencesVendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-013/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/411/3382120_f.SAL_Public.htmlPatch

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.