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…

PriorityP349critical10CVSS 2.0

AVNACLAuNCCICAC

EPSS

10.60%

95.3th percentile

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
novell	edirectory	>= 8.7.3 < 8.7.3.10	8.7.3.10
novell	edirectory	>= 8.8 < 8.8.3	8.8.3

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