CVE-2009-3862

high

Description

The NDSD process in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf2 and eDirectory 8.8 before 8.8.5 ftf1 does not properly handle certain LDAP search requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a search request with a NULL BaseDN value.

References

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-075/

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3120

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36902

http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004721

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-11-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High