CVE-2008-5092

Novell eDirectory < 8.8 SP3 - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow via HTTP Header Parsing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflows in Novell eDirectory HTTP protocol stack (HTTPSTK) before 8.8 SP3 have unknown impact and attack vectors related to the (1) HTTP language header and (2) HTTP content-length header.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30947
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020786
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2462

Scores

EPSS 0.0040
EPSS Percentile 60.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (17)
novell/edirectory 8.0
novell/edirectory 8.5
novell/edirectory 8.5.12a
novell/edirectory 8.5.27
novell/edirectory 8.6.2
novell/edirectory 8.7
novell/edirectory 8.7.1 (2 CPE variants)
novell/edirectory 8.7.3 (10 CPE variants)
novell/edirectory 8.7.3.8
novell/edirectory 8.7.3.8_presp9
... and 7 more
Published Nov 14, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026