Novell eDirectory 8.8 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Novell eDirectory 8.8 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2009-4654. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Novell eDirectory 8.8 (Directory Service Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code. 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:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the dhost module in Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP5 for Windows allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via long sadminpwd and verifypwd parameters in a submit action to /dhost/httpstk.

The weakness was released 02/26/2010 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-4654 since 02/26/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54308), Exploit-DB (10163), SecurityFocus (BID 37042†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1023188†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-51987 and VDB-51985. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 9.9
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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11/17/2009 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-4654 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4654
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51986
X-Force: 54308
SecurityFocus: 37042 - Novell eDirectory '/dhost/httpstk' Multiple Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1023188

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 10/01/2025 21:33
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (59), 01/27/2019 16:54 (1), 10/01/2025 21:33 (21)
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