CVE-2006-4520

Novell eDirectory < 8.7.3.8 and 8.8.x < 8.8.1 FTF2 - Denial of Service via NCP Fragment Negative Length

Title source: llm

Description

ncp in Novell eDirectory before 8.7.3 SP9, and 8.8.x before 8.8.1 FTF2, does not properly handle NCP fragments with a negative length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) when the heap is written to a log file.

References (6)

Core 6

Core References

Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1550

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_idefense

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=518

Patch x_refsource_confirm

http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=3924657&sliceId=SAL_Public

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017972

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23685

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33921

Scores

EPSS 0.0425

EPSS Percentile 88.9%

Details

Status published

Products (3)

novell/edirectory 8.8

novell/edirectory 8.8.1

novell/edirectory < 8.7.3.8

Published Apr 30, 2007

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026