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CVE-2008-0924

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.8)—

Stack-based buffer overflow in the DoLBURPRequest function in libnldap in ndsd in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.9 and earlier, and 8.8.1 and earlier in the 8.8.x series, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or CPU consumption) or execute arbitrary code via a long delRequest LDAP Extended Request message, probably involving a long Distinguished Name (DN) field.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Novell — Edirectory

CWEs

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