CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.9%
Novell eDirectory is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability
because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:netiq:edirectory";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100343");
script_version("2024-09-16T09:36:54+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-09-16 09:36:54 +0000 (Mon, 16 Sep 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-11-13 12:21:24 +0100 (Fri, 13 Nov 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-4653");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Novell eDirectory <= 8.8 SP5 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("gb_netiq_edirectory_ldap_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("netiq/edirectory/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Novell eDirectory is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability
because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in
the context of the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will likely cause denial of
service conditions.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Novell eDirectory version 8.8 SP5 and probably prior.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"See the references for a solution.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37009");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507812");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! major = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! sp = get_kb_item( "netiq/edirectory/" + port + "/sp" ) )
sp = "0";
revision = get_kb_item( "netiq/edirectory/" + port + "/build" );
instver = major;
if( sp > 0 )
instver += " SP" + sp;
if( major == "8.8" ) {
if( sp && sp > 0 ) {
if( sp == 5 ) {
if( ! revision ) {
VULN = TRUE;
}
}
if( sp < 5 ) {
VULN = TRUE;
}
} else {
VULN = TRUE;
}
} else if( major == "8.8.1" ) {
VULN = TRUE;
} else if( major == "8.8.2" ) {
if( ! revision && ! sp ) {
VULN = TRUE;
}
}
if( VULN ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:instver, fixed_version:"See advisory" );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit(0);
}
exit(99);