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Novell eDirectory "Connection" HTTP Header Processing Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA29805
Release Date: 2008-04-14
Last Update: 2008-05-06
Popularity: 5,577 views

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

Software:Novell eDirectory 8.x

Binary Analysis: BA458 :: Available for 1 Credit

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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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 an error within dhost.exe when processing "Connection" headers in a HTTP request. This can be exploited to cause dhost.exe to consume large amounts of CPU resource by e.g. sending an HTTP request containing two "Connection" headers or a "Connection" header with two values to default port 8028/TCP.

The vulnerability affects the following versions on Windows 2000/2003 systems:
* Novell eDirectory 8.8.1 and prior
* Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.9 and prior

Change Page:
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