Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Novell eDirectory, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to a pointer handling error within the "BerDecodeLoginDataRequest()" function in the libnmasldap.so module. This can be exploited to crash the process via a specially crafted login request.
The vulnerability is reported in Novell eDirectory versions 8.8 and 8.8.1. Other versions may also be affected.
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