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Novell eDirectory NMAS Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA22660
Release Date: 2006-11-01
Popularity: 6,738 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Novell eDirectory 8.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-4521


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.

Solution:
Update to version 2.0.3 of Security Services.
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp

Provided and/or discovered by:
Discovered by an anonymous person and reported by iDefense Labs.

Original Advisory:
iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=437


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