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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2009-11-04

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected products

• Edirectory (Novell)

References

• http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004721
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36902
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3120
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-075/