{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5478 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5478 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2006-5478 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Novell Edirectory, published on 24 Oct 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2006-5478 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2006-5478 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Novell Edirectory, published on 24 Oct 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-5478 exists.\n\nAffected product: Novell Edirectory. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5478/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5478/index.md)","id":"CVE-2006-5478","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5478/index.md","name":"CVE-2006-5478","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7fwm-92mv-mh6q"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Novell eDirectory NetMail","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via buffer overflows in Novell eDirectory and NetMail services without authentication.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"edirectory","vendor":"novell"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-119","name":"Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer"}],"description":"Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Novell eDirectory 8.8.x before 8.8.1 FTF1, and 8.x up to 8.7.3.8, and Novell NetMail before 3.52e FTF2, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long HTTP Host header, which triggers an overflow in the BuildRedirectURL function; or vectors related to a username containing a . (dot) character in the (2) SMTP, (3) POP, (4) IMAP, (5) HTTP, or (6) Networked Messaging Application Protocol (NMAP) Netmail services.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":4,"first_seen":"2006-10-21","github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":1,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2006-10-21","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"28835","stars":null,"title":"Novell eDirectory 8.x - iMonitor HTTPSTK Buffer Overflow (1)"},{"date":"2006-10-21","kind":"metasploit","ref":"exploit/windows/http/edirectory_host","stars":null,"title":"Novell eDirectory NDS Server Host Header Overflow"},{"date":"2006-10-30","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"28836","stars":null,"title":"Novell eDirectory 8.x - iMonitor HTTPSTK Buffer Overflow (2)"},{"date":"2006-10-30","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"28837","stars":null,"title":"Novell eDirectory 8.x - iMonitor HTTPSTK Buffer Overflow (3)"},{"date":"2010-05-09","kind":"exploitdb","ref":"16773","stars":null,"title":"Novell eDirectory NDS Server - Host Header Overflow (Metasploit)"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2006-5478","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"novell:edirectory","products":["novell:edirectory"],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2006"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":17,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2006-5479"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Open redirect in n/a","id":"CVE-2006-5477"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2006-10-24","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-0895","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2009-12-03"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-5091","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-11-14"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-5092","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-11-14"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-5094","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-11-14"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-4478","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-10-14"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-4479","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-10-14"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-4480","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-10-14"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"BSD-3-Clause","name":"Metasploit"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"GPL-2.0-or-later","name":"Exploit-DB"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-07","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via buffer overflows in Novell eDirectory and NetMail services without authentication.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5478/"}