CVE-2009-2456

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The DS\NDSD component in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before SP5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ndsd core dump) via an LDAP request containing multiple . (dot) wildcard characters in the Relative Distinguished Name (RDN).

Affected products

Novell eDirectory: 8.8, 8.8-sp1, 8.8-sp2, 8.8-sp3, 8.8-sp4

References

http://osvdb.org/55848
http://secunia.com/advisories/34160
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35666
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1883
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51705
http://osvdb.org/55848
http://secunia.com/advisories/34160
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35666
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1883
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51705

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