{"cve":"CVE-2009-2456","nvd":{"published":"2009-07-14T20:30:00.390","modified":"2026-06-16T23:09:29.260","status":"Modified","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).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"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"],"products":["novell:edirectory"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:07.895733559+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-2456","score":0.0255,"percentile":0.85036,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}