CVE-2008-0924

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-03-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the DoLBURPRequest function in libnldap in ndsd in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.9 and earlier, and 8.8.1 and earlier in the 8.8.x series, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash or CPU consumption) or execute arbitrary code via a long delRequest LDAP Extended Request message, probably involving a long Distinguished Name (DN) field.

Affected products

Novell eDirectory: from 8.7 through 8.7.3.9; from 8.8 through 8.8.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29476
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490117/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28434
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019692
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0987/references
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-013/
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/411/3382120_f.SAL_Public.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29476
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490117/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28434
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019692
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0987/references

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