>> Novell eDirectory HTTP Request Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Novell eDirectory HTTP Request Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1217 CVE ID : CVE-2008-0927
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-04-14
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Novell eDirectory, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in the "dhost.exe" service when processing HTTP requests with a specially crafted "Connection:" header, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a vulnerable server to exhaust all available memory resources, creating a denial of service condition.
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