CVE-2006-5479 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The NCP Engine in Novell eDirectory before 8.7.3.8 FTF1 allows remote attackers to cause an unspecified denial of service via a certain "NCP Fragment."

Published: 2006-10-24

Score: 5.0 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::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.5.12a:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.5.27:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.6.2:::::::*
	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:::::::*

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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-2006-5464	The NCP Engine in Novell eDirectory before 8.7.3.8 FTF1 allows remote attackers to cause an unspecified denial of service via a certain "NCP Fragment."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00366.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974600.htm

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Edirectory

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-10-24T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:08:22.705Z

Reserved: 2006-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5479

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-10-24T20:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5479

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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