CVE-2006-4520
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.8)—
ncp in Novell eDirectory before 8.7.3 SP9, and 8.8.x before 8.8.1 FTF2, does not properly handle NCP fragments with a negative length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) when the heap is written to a log file.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.93%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 87
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=518
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=3924657&sliceId=SAL_Public
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23685
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017972
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1550
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33921
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=518
- http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=3924657&sliceId=SAL_Public
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23685
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017972
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1550
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33921
JSON original (NVD)
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