Security Vulnerability: eDirectory Heap based Buffer Overflow

  • 7004719
  • 21-Oct-2009
  • 27-Jan-2014

Environment

Novell eDirectory 8.8 for All Platforms
Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 for All Platforms

Situation

There exists an integer overflow in Novell eDirectory Server 8.8.X and 8.7.3 when parsing malformed request using the NDS Verb 0x1.  The buffer overflow can result in a server crash or possible remote code execution.

Resolution

This problem is expected to be fixed in eDirectory 8.8.5 ftf2 and is fixed eDirectory 8.7.3.10 ftf2.

To resolve this vulnerability apply, eDirectory 8.8.5 ftf3 or newer for eDirectory 8.8.X and eDirectory 8.7.3.10 ftf2 or newer for eDirectory 8.7.3.X.  Patches are locate at https://dl.netiq.com

Additional Information

This vulnerability was reported by Chris Valasek, IBM X-Force

CVE-2009-0895