Novell eDirectory up to 85.20 HTTP Protocol Stack memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Novell eDirectory (Directory Service Software). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component HTTP Protocol Stack. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflows in Novell eDirectory HTTP protocol stack (HTTPSTK) before 8.8 SP3 have unknown impact and attack vectors related to the (1) HTTP language header and (2) HTTP content-length header.

The weakness was shared 11/14/2008 with Novell (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5092 since 11/14/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34221 (Novell eDirectory < 8.8 SP3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (OF, XSS, MC)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116051 (Novell eDirectory Multiple Buffer Overflow and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 8.7.3.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46668) and Tenable (34221). The entries 45032, 45031, 45030 and 45028 are related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 34221
Nessus Name: Novell eDirectory < 8.8 SP3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (OF, XSS, MC)
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OpenVAS ID: 800136
OpenVAS Name: Novell eDirectory Multiple Vulnerabilities Nov08 - (Linux)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: eDirectory 8.7.3.9

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Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Organization: Novell
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5092 (🔍)
X-Force: 46668
SecurityTracker: 1020786
Vulnerability Center: 20155 - Novell eDirectory < 8.8 SP3 HTTPSTK Remote Heap-Based Buffer Overflows, High
SecurityFocus: 30947 - Novell eDirectory Multiple Buffer Overflow And Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 48210 - Novell eDirectory HTTPSDK Language Header Handling Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2008-2462

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/21/2019 16:03
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (82), 08/21/2019 16:03 (2)
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