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CVE-2009-2456: novell edirectory

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 14-07-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-2456 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in novell edirectory. EPSS estimates a 2.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.55%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 14-07-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The DS\NDSD component in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before SP5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ndsd core dump) via an LDAP request containing multiple . (dot) wildcard characters in the Relative Distinguished Name (RDN).

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.55% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.55%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Novell1 product
  • edirectory8.8 | 8.8:sp1 | 8.8:sp2 | 8.8:sp3 | 8.8:sp4

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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