Novell eDirectory < 8.8 SP5 Patch 4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5570

Synopsis

The remote directory service is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

The remote host is running eDirectory, a directory service software from Novell.

Versions of eDirectory earlier than 8.8 SP5 Patch 4 are potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A denial-of-service vulnerability in NDSD when handling a malformed verb. (Bug 571244)

- A stack-based buffer overflow in the dhost module for Windows. (Bug 588883)

- A predictable session cookie in DHOST. (Bug 586854)

Solution

Upgrade to eDirectory 8.8 SP5 Patch 4 or later.

See Also

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507812/100/0/threaded

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5570

Family: Generic

Published: 6/15/2010

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 47022

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:novell:edirectory

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2010

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4653

BID: 37009, 40541