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ZDI-12-146 : Novell eDirectory RelativeToFullDN Parsing Remote Code
Execution Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-146
August 22, 2012

- -- CVE ID:


- -- CVSS:
10, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

- -- Affected Vendors:
Novell


- -- Affected Products:
Novell eDirectory


- -- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 12472.
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    http://www.tippingpoint.com

- -- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of Novell eDirectory. Authentication is not
required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within how the service handles a specially
formatted LDAP request. When handling a particular set of commands, the
server will copy a string described in the packet into a statically sized
buffer without validating it's length. This leads to a stack-based overflow
and as such can be exploited to achieve code execution under the context of
the application.

- -- Vendor Response:
Novell has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can
be found at:
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7009947


- -- Disclosure Timeline:
2011-10-28 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2012-08-22 - Coordinated public release of advisory


- -- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by:
* Anonymous


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