Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2009-2456 (CCN-51705)

Assigned:2009-07-14
Published:2009-07-14
Updated:2017-08-17
Summary:The DS\NDSD component in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before SP5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ndsd core dump) via an LDAP request containing multiple . (dot) wildcard characters in the Relative Distinguished Name (RDN).
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-noinfo
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2009-2456

Source: OSVDB
Type: UNKNOWN
55848

Source: CCN
Type: SA34160
Novell eDirectory Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
34160

Source: CCN
Type: Novell Document ID: 3426981
History of Issues Resolved in eDirectory 8.8.x

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 55848
Novell eDirectory DS\NDSD Component LDAP RDN Multiple Wildcard Handling DoS

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
35666

Source: CCN
Type: BID-35666
Novell eDirectory Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: VUPEN
Type: Vendor Advisory
ADV-2009-1883

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
edirectory-rdns-dos(51705)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
edirectory-rdns-dos(51705)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:novell:edirectory:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp3:ftf3:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    novell edirectory 8.8
    novell edirectory 8.8 sp1
    novell edirectory 8.8 sp2
    novell edirectory 8.8 sp3
    novell edirectory 8.8 sp4
    novell edirectory 8.8 sp3
    novell edirectory 8.8 sp3