Auth bypass in Novell Edirectory
CVE-2009-3862
The NDSD process in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf2 and eDirectory 8.8 before 8.8.5 ftf1 does not properly handle certain LDAP search requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a search request with a NULL BaseDN value.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Novell Edirectory — versions 8.7.3, 8.7.3.8, 8.7.3.9
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3120 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36902 (vdb-entry)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-075/ (Patch)