Novell eDirectory 8.8/8.8.1 LDAP Service evtfilteredmonitoreventsrequest memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Novell eDirectory 8.8/8.8.1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function evtfilteredmonitoreventsrequest of the component LDAP Service. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4510. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Novell eDirectory 8.8/8.8.1 (Directory Service Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function evtfilteredmonitoreventsrequest of the component LDAP Service. 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. CVE summarizes:

The evtFilteredMonitorEventsRequest function in the LDAP service in Novell eDirectory before 8.8.1 FTF1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request containing a value that is larger than the number of objects transmitted, which triggers an invalid free of unallocated memory.

The weakness was disclosed 10/24/2006 by Joshua J. Drake (Website). The advisory is shared for download at labs.idefense.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4510 since 08/31/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38566 (Novell eDirectory Multiple Remote Heap Overflows).

Upgrading to version 8.8.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29752), SecurityFocus (BID 20663†), Secunia (SA22506†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017104†). The entries VDB-2626, VDB-2627 and VDB-2628 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: eDirectory 8.8.1

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08/31/2006 🔍
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Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: labs.idefense.com⛔
Researcher: Joshua J. Drake
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-4510 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4510
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32912
X-Force: 29752 - Novell eDirectory evtFilteredMonitorEventsRequest() code execution
SecurityFocus: 20663 - Novell eDirectory EvtFilteredMonitorEventsRequest Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22506
SecurityTracker: 1017104
Vupen: ADV-2006-4142

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Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (68)
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Cache ID: 216:1EB:103

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