CVE-2006-4520

high

Description

ncp in Novell eDirectory before 8.7.3 SP9, and 8.8.x before 8.8.1 FTF2, does not properly handle NCP fragments with a negative length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) when the heap is written to a log file.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33921

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1550

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017972

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23685

http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=3924657&sliceId=SAL_Public

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=518

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-04-30

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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