CVE-2008-4479

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

14/10/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

10.00

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory::::::::	8.7.3 (including)	8.7.3.10 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory::::::::	8.8 (including)	8.8.3 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2008-4479

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools