Buffer overflow in Novell Edirectory
CVE-2008-0924
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.050 (91.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.050 · newest: 0.050 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0987/references (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-013/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29476 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28434 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490117/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/411/3382120_f.SAL_Public.ht… (Patch)