CVE-2008-4479: novell edirectory

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-4479 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in novell edirectory. EPSS estimates a 10.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 14-10-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before 8.8.3, and 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SOAP request with a long Accept-Language header.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.