CVE-2006-2496 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in iMonitor 2.4 in Novell eDirectory 8.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors.

Published: 2006-05-20

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 15.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:imonitor:2.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.15705.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/20139
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016120
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2973759.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/25781
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434723/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18026
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1850
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-016.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26524

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Edirectory Imonitor

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-20T02:59:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.625Z

Reserved: 2006-05-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2496

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-20T03:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2496

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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