CVE-2009-2457 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The DS\NDSD component in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before SP5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed bind LDAP packet.

Published: 2009-07-14

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:8.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp3:ftf3:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp4::::::

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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-2009-2452	The DS\NDSD component in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before SP5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed bind LDAP packet.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00788.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/55849
http://secunia.com/advisories/34160
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35666
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1883
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51706

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Novell Edirectory

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-07-14T20:16:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:52:14.670Z

Reserved: 2009-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2457

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-14T20:30:00.407

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

Link: CVE-2009-2457

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-94

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