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CVE-2008-3159

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in ds.dlm, as used by dhost.exe, in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3.10 before 8.7.3 SP10b and 8.8 before 8.8.2 ftf2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger a stack-based buffer overflow, related to "flawed arithmetic."

Affected products

• Novell eDirectory: 8.7.3, 8.8

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/30938
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020431
• http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&sliceId=SAL_Public&externalId=3694858
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30085
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1999
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-041/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43589
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30938
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020431
• http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&sliceId=SAL_Public&externalId=3694858
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30085
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1999

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