CVE-2008-4480
Heap-based buffer overflow in dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.x before 8.8.3, and 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Netware Core Protocol opcode 0x24 message that triggers a calculation error…
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Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.x before 8.8.3, and 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Netware Core Protocol opcode 0x24 message that triggers a calculation error that under-allocates a heap buffer.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 10.60% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- novell/edirectory
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32111Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4404Third Party Advisory
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7001183&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=78066829&stateId=0%200%2078062953Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3477912Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497169/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020990Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2738Third Party Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-066/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32111Third Party Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4404Third Party Advisory
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7001183&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=78066829&stateId=0%200%2078062953Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3477912Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497169/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020990Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2738Third Party Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-066/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.