CVE-2007-6625 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Novell Identity Manager daemon via malformed network traffic triggering a format string error in syslog.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-6625?
CVE-2007-6625 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jan 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Platform Service Process (asampsp) in Fan-Out Driver Platform Services for Novell Identity Manager (IDM) 3.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified network traffic that triggers a syslog message containing invalid format string specifiers, as demonstrated by a Nessus scan.
Weakness: CWE-134
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-6625?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Novell Identity Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2007-6625?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-6625 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-6625 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-6625 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3725-x3x8-r7jq.