CVE-2010-0666 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash Novell eDirectory via crafted SOAP requests, causing 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-2010-0666?

CVE-2010-0666 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Novell Edirectory, published on 19 Feb 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in eMBox in Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP5 Patch 2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown a crafted SOAP request, a different issue than CVE-2008-0926.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0666?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Novell Edirectory.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0666?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0666 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-2010-0666 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0666 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Novell Edirectory vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m2rf-mf3r-f836.

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