APP: Novell eDirectory Unchecked Length Denial of Service

A denial of service vulnerability exists for Novell eDirectory. A remote unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted packet to the vulnerable server. This can cause the service to consume an excessive amount of memory, creating a denial of service condition in the process.

Extended Description

Novell eDirectory is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability. Remote attackers can exploit this issue to crash the application, denying service to legitimate users.

Affected Products

Novell edirectory

References

BugTraq: 46263

CVE: CVE-2010-4327

Short Name
APP:NOVELL-EDIR-LEN-DOS
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
APP
Keywords
CVE-2010-4327 Denial Length Novell Service Unchecked bid:46263 eDirectory of
Release Date
01/02/2013
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3375
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Novell

CVSS Score

5.0

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