CVE-2008-1777 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU consumption by sending long HTTP HEAD requests to the eDirectory Host Environment service.
- 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-2008-1777?
CVE-2008-1777 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Novell Edirectory, published on 14 Apr 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The eDirectory Host Environment service (dhost.exe) in Novell eDirectory 8.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long HTTP HEAD request to TCP port 8028.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1777?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Novell Edirectory.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1777?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1777 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-2008-1777 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1777 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Novell Edirectory
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wq78-966f-23g4.