CVE-2008-4480
Heap-based buffer overflow in dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.x before 8.8.3, and 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Netware Core Protocol opcode 0x24 message that triggers a calculation error that under-allocates a heap buffer.
- EPSS
- 11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-119
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- novell:edirectory
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32111
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4404
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html
- http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7001183&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=78066829&stateId=0%200%2078062953