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TITLE:
Hitachi Directory Server LDAP Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23421

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23421/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
Hitachi Directory Server 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/4505/

DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Hitachi Directory Server,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to errors in the handling of LDAP
requests and can be exploited to crash the service, cause memory
leaks, or cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted, invalid
LDAP request.

The vulnerabilities are reported in version 2. Prior versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 02-11-/K (Windows) or 02-10-/V (HP-UX).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.hitachi-support.com/security_e/vuls_e/HS06-018_e/index-e.html

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