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CVE-2009-2456

The DS\NDSD component in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before SP5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ndsd core dump) via an LDAP request containing multiple . (dot) wildcard characters in the Relative Distinguished Name (RDN).

Published

2009-07-14T20:30:00.390

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	novell	edirectory	8.8	Yes
Application	novell	edirectory	8.8	Yes
Application	novell	edirectory	8.8	Yes
Application	novell	edirectory	8.8	Yes
Application	novell	edirectory	8.8	Yes

References

http://osvdb.org/55848 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34160 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35666 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1883 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51705 ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/55848 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34160 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35666 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1883 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51705 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)