{"cve":"CVE-2009-3862","nvd":{"published":"2009-11-04T18:30:00.217","modified":"2026-06-16T23:12:29.853","status":"Modified","description":"The NDSD process in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf2 and eDirectory 8.8 before 8.8.5 ftf1 does not properly handle certain LDAP search requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a search request with a NULL BaseDN value.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-287"],"references":["http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004721","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36902","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3120","http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-075/","http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=7004721"],"products":["novell:edirectory"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-3862","score":0.02311,"percentile":0.8339,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}