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CVE-2009-3862: novell edirectory Improper Authentication

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 04-11-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-3862 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Authentication vulnerability in novell edirectory. EPSS estimates a 2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.31%
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. 04-11-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The NDSD process in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf2 and eDirectory 8.8 before 8.8.5 ftf1 does not properly handle certain LDAP search requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a search request with a NULL BaseDN value.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.31%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.31% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.31%

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

Affected systems

Novell1 product
  • edirectory8.7.3 | 8.7.3:sp2 | 8.7.3:sp3 | 8.7.3:sp4 | 8.7.3:sp5 | 8.7.3:sp6 | 8.7.3:sp7 | 8.7.3:sp8 | 8.7.3:sp9 | 8.7.3.8 | 8.7.3.9 | 8.8 | 8.8:sp1 | 8.8:sp2 | 8.8:sp3 | 8.8:sp4 | 8.8.1 | 8.8.2

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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