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CVE-2008-4478: Novell Edirectory: Buffer overflow

CVE-2008-4478 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Novell Edirectory. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Multiple integer overflows in dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before 8.8.3, and 8.73 before 8.7.3.10 ftf1, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) Content-Length header in a SOAP request or (2) Netware Core Protocol opcode 0x0F message, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Novell Edirectory: up to and including 8.7.3.10; 8.7; 8.7.1; 8.7.1 sp1; 8.7.3; 8.7.3.8; 8.7.3.8_presp9; 8.7.3.9; 8.8; 8.8.1; 8.8.2

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