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Novell eDirectory NMAS Denial Of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22660
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Release Date:
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2006-11-01
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Popularity:
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6,517 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Novell eDirectory 8.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-4521
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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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