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Novell eDirectory eMBox SOAP Request Vulnerability


Secunia ID

SA38491

CVE-ID

CVE-2010-0666

Release Date

09 Feb 2010

Last Change

03 Mar 2010

Criticality

Less Critical

Solution Status

Vendor Patch

Software

Novell eDirectory 8.x

Where

From local network

Impact
DoS (Denial of Service)

This includes vulnerabilities ranging from excessive resource consumption (e.g. causing a system to use a lot of memory) to crashing an application or an entire system.

Description

A vulnerability has been reported in Novell eDirectory, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in eMBox, which can be exploited to cause eDirectory to crash via a specially crafted SOAP request.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 8.8 SP5 Patch 3.

NOTE: An issue where SAdmin is allowed to login with a null password has also been reported by the vendor.

Solution

Update to eDirectory 8.8 SP5 Patch 3.

Reported by

1c239c43f521145fa8385d64a9c32243 reported via ZDI.

Original Advisory

Novell:
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7005341

ZDI:
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-024/