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CVE-2008-5091

Buffer overflow in the LDAP Service in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 before SP10a and 8.8 before SP3 allows attackers to cause

Buffer overflow in the LDAP Service in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 before SP10a and 8.8 before SP3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving an "invalid extensibleMatch filter.".

HIGH · CVSS 10 EPSS 0.00645
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

2
novell edirectory<= 8.8
novell edirectoryall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

10
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD14 Nov 2008 · 07:20 PM
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References & Sources

8
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.novell.com/documentation/edir873/sp10_readme/netware/readme.txtVendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3477912
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30947
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020788
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2462
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