CVE-2006-4185 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the NCPENGINE in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors, as originally demonstrated using a Nessus scan.

Published: 2006-08-17

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

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:8.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.7.1:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.7.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.7.3.8:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4175	Unspecified vulnerability in the NCPENGINE in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors, as originally demonstrated using a Nessus scan.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00046.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/21496
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016695
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2973826.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/28369
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19498

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Edirectory

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-08-17T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:57:46.473Z

Reserved: 2006-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4185

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-08-17T00:04:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-4185

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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