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>> Novell eDirectory Heap Overflow and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Title : Novell eDirectory Heap Overflow and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2738
CVE ID : CVE-2008-4478 - CVE-2008-4479 - CVE-2008-4480
CWE ID : CWE-20 - CWE-119 - CWE-400
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-06



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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Novell eDirectory, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system.

The first issue is caused by heap overflow errors when processing update replica verbs (Opcode 0x23 and 0x24), which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected service or execute arbitrary code.

The second vulnerability is caused by a heap overflow error when handling the DSV_READ verb (Opcode 0x0F), which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected service or execute arbitrary code.

The third issue is caused by an error when handling an invalid HTTP Content-Length field value, which could be exploited to cause a crash.

The fourth vulnerability is caused by an error when handling an oversized HTTP Accept-Language value, which could be exploited to cause a crash.

Affected Products

Novell eDirectory version 8.7.3 SP10 and prior
Novell eDirectory version 8.8.2 and prior

Solution

Upgrade to version 8.8.3 or 8.7.3 SP10 FTF1.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2738
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3477912
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7001184
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7001183

Credits

Vulnerabilities reported by ZDI.

ChangeLog

2008-10-06 : Initial release
2008-10-07 : Updated Solution and References

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