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CVE-2008-0924

N/A

Published: March 28, 2008 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendoreDirectory

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 5%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

eDirectory · Novell

95%

8.7 ≤ v ≤ 8.7.3.98.8 ≤ v ≤ 8.8.1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (7)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/29476

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490117/100/0/threaded

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28434

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019692

VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0987/references

x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-013/

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Source: [email protected]

https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/411/3382120_f.SAL_Public.html

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-119

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