CVE-2006-5813 Unspecified vulnerability in Novell eDirectory 8.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by vd_novell3.pm, a "Novel
Medium 5.0
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Check this codebase for CVE-2006-5813 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2006-5813 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Novell Edirectory, published on 8 Nov 2006.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5813 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Novell Edirectory. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5813/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5813/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-5813?
CVE-2006-5813 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Novell Edirectory, published on 8 Nov 2006.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in Novell eDirectory 8.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by vd_novell3.pm, a "Novell eDirectory 8.8 DoS." NOTE: As of 20061108, this disclosure has no actionable information. However, since it is from a reliable researcher, it is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5813?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Novell Edirectory.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5813?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5813 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-5813 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5813 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Novell Edirectory
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mmq5-gwph-98vx.