Vulnerability CVE-2008-4479

Vulnerability CVE-2008-4479

Published: 2008-10-14 Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:

Heap-based buffer overflow in dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before 8.8.3, and 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SOAP request with a long Accept-Language header.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

	Topic	Author	Date
High	Novell eDirectory dhost.exe Accept Language Header Heap Overflow Vulnerability	zdi-disclosures ...	16.10.2008

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score	Impact Subscore	Exploitability Subscore
10/10	10/10	10/10

Exploit range	Attack complexity	Authentication
Remote	Low	No required
Confidentiality impact	Integrity impact	Availability impact
Complete	Complete	Complete

Affected software
Novell -> Edirectory

References:

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4405

http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html

http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html

http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7000086&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=78066829&stateId=0%200%2078062953

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497164/100/0/threaded

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020989

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2738

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-064

Vulnerability CVE-2008-4479

Heap-based buffer overflow in dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before 8.8.3, and 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SOAP request with a long Accept-Language header.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:

High

Novell eDirectory dhost.exe Accept Language Header Heap Overflow Vulnerability

CWE-119

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

10/10

10/10

10/10

Remote

Low

No required

Complete

Complete

Complete

Affected software

References: