RCE in Novell Edirectory
CVE-2009-2457
The DS\NDSD component in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before SP5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed bind LDAP packet.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Novell Edirectory — versions 8.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- osvdb.org/55849 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/34160 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do (Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51706 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35666 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1883 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)