CVE-2008-0927

dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 before sp10 and 8.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with (1) multiple Connection headers or (2) a Connection header with multiple comma-separated values. NOTE: this might be similar to CVE-2008-1777.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/29805	Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3829452&sliceId=1	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491622/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28757	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019836	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1217/references	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41787	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5547	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29805	Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3829452&sliceId=1	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491622/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28757	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019836	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1217/references	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41787	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5547	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory::::::::

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows-nt:2000:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows-nt:2003:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2008-04-14 16:05

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2008-0927

Mitre link : CVE-2008-0927

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-0927

JSON object : View

Products Affected

novell

edirectory

microsoft

windows-nt

CWE

CWE-399

Resource Management Errors

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