Novell eDirectory < 8.8 SP5 Patch 3 eMBox SOAP Request DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5341

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a denial of service attack.

Description

The remote host is running eDirectory, a directory service software from Novell. The eMBox service included with the installed version of eDirectory is affected by a denial of service vulnerability. By sending a specially crafted HTTP SOAP request, it may be possible for a remote attacker to crash the remote service.

Solution

Upgrade to eDirectory 8.8 SP5 Patch 3 or later.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548503

http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5341

Family: Generic

Published: 2/15/2010

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 44938

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:novell:edirectory

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0666

BID: 38157