CVE-2008-4478

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Multiple integer overflows in dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before 8.8.3, and 8.73 before 8.7.3.10 ftf1, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) Content-Length header in a SOAP request or (2) Netware Core Protocol opcode 0x0F message, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Novell eDirectory: through 8.7.3.10; 8.7, 8.7.1, 8.7.1-sp1, 8.7.3, 8.7.3.8, 8.7.3.8_presp9 (+4)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32111
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4406
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html
http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7000087&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=78066829&stateId=0%200%2078062953
http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7001184&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=78066829&stateId=0%200%2078062953
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497163/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497165/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020989
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020990
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2738
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-063

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