CVE-2009-2456 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Novell eDirectory via crafted LDAP requests with excessive wildcards, causing service disruption.
- 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-2009-2456?
CVE-2009-2456 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Novell Edirectory, published on 14 Jul 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The DS\NDSD component in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before SP5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ndsd core dump) via an LDAP request containing multiple . (dot) wildcard characters in the Relative Distinguished Name (RDN).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2456?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Novell Edirectory.
How do I fix CVE-2009-2456?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2456 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-2009-2456 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2456 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Novell Edirectory
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2gq8-2h6m-37fj.