CVE-2009-2457 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Novell eDirectory by sending a malformed LDAP bind packet, causing a denial of 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-2009-2457?

CVE-2009-2457 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 (crash) via a malformed bind LDAP packet.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2457?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Novell Edirectory.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2457?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2457 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-2009-2457 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2457 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Novell Edirectory vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pgx3-7h5c-ggf2.

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