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Posted on 14 July 2009
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Secunia Research 14/07/2009
- Novell eDirectory iMonitor "Accept-Language" Buffer Overflow -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP3 and 8.8 SP3 FTF3
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Less critical
Impact: Denial of Service
Where: Local network
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"... Novell eDirectory is an LDAP directory service, and forms the
basis for many of the world's largest identity-management deployments.
Since its debut more than ten years ago, eDirectory has been trusted
for its scalability, compatibility, reliability, manageability and
security".
Product Link:
http://www.novell.com/products/edirectory/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Novell eDirectory,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an off-by-one error in the iMonitor
component when processing HTTP requests. This can be exploited to
cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an HTTP request having a
specially crafted "Accept-Language" header.
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5) Solution
Update to version 8.8 SP5.
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6) Time Table
05/03/2009 - Vendor notified.
11/03/2009 - Vendor response.
14/07/2009 - Public disclosure due to the release of 8.8 SP5.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Alin Rad Pop, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2009-0192 for the vulnerability.
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9) About Secunia
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-13/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
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