Novell eDirectory 8.7/8.7.1/8.7.3/8.7.3.8 Nessus Scan denial of service
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7.2 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Novell eDirectory 8.7/8.7.1/8.7.3/8.7.3.8 (Directory Service Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Nessus Scan Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in the NCPENGINE in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via unspecified vectors, as originally demonstrated using a Nessus scan.
The weakness was shared 08/14/2006 with Novell (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at support.novell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-4185 since 08/16/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at support.novell.com. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
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Support
- end of life
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2
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VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasures
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Patch: support.novell.com
Timeline
08/11/2006 🔍08/11/2006 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: novell.comAdvisory: support.novell.com
Researcher: http://www.novell.com
Organization: Novell
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4185 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1016695
SecurityFocus: 19498 - Novell eDirectory Unspecified Nessus Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 21496 - Novell eDirectory Denial of Service and Password Exposure, Less Critical
OSVDB: 28370 - Novell eDirectory iManager Log File Cleartext Password Disclosure
Entry
Created: 08/18/2006 10:39Updated: 04/22/2018 12:56
Changes: 08/18/2006 10:39 (72), 04/22/2018 12:56 (9)
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