Buffer overflow in Novell Edirectory
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 that under-allocates a heap buffer.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.106 (95.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.106 · newest: 0.106 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do (Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2738 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/4404 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32111 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-066/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do (Vendor Advisory)
- support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497169/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.novell.com/support/php/search.do (Vendor Advisory)