CVE-2009-2456 (GCVE-0-2009-2456)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-07-14 20:16 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:52
VLAI
Summary
The DS\NDSD component in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before SP5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ndsd core dump) via an LDAP request containing multiple . (dot) wildcard characters in the Relative Distinguished Name (RDN).
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/34160 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?exte… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://osvdb.org/55848 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35666 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1883 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2009-07-14 00:00
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