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TITLE:
Novell eDirectory Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40041

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-06-04

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DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Novell eDirectory, which
can be exploited by malicious users and malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable
system.

1) An unspecified error in NDSD when processing malformed verbs can
be exploited to cause a crash.

2) A boundary error in dhost.exe can be exploited to cause a buffer
overflow via a specially crafted GET request.

3) An unspecified error can be exploited to cause Dhost to crash e.g.
by running a certain security scan against the server.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 8.8 SP5 Patch
4.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 8.8 SP5 Patch 4.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) The vendor credits ZDI.
2) HACKATTACK
3) Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Novell:
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5076150.html
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5076151.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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