# CVE-2012-0429: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can crash the dhost daemon in NetIQ eDirectory via crafted HTTP requests, causing denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Dec 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c8vc-x3mc-c2g6

## What is CVE-2012-0429?

CVE-2012-0429 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Dec 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

dhost in NetIQ eDirectory 8.8.6.x before 8.8.6.7 and 8.8.7.x before 8.8.7.2 on Windows allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via crafted characters in an HTTP request.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0429?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microfocus Edirectory.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-0429?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0429 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-0429 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0429 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2012-0432](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0432/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-7429](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7429/): Fix for NetIQ shell code upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-22532](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22532/): Possible NLDAP Denial of Service attack Vulnerability (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2018-17950](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17950/): Missing authorization in NetIQ eDirectory 9.1 SP2 (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2018-7686](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7686/): Information disclosure in eDirectory (ZDI) (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-0429 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-0429 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Dec 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0429 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0429/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0429/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0429
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0429
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-0429

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-0429/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.