CVE-2008-1777

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

Publication date:

14/04/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The eDirectory Host Environment service (dhost.exe) in Novell eDirectory 8.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long HTTP HEAD request to TCP port 8028.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8.2:::::::*

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://secunia.com/advisories/29639
http://www.offensive-security.com/0day/novel-edir.py.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28572
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019783=
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1075
http://secunia.com/advisories/29639
http://www.offensive-security.com/0day/novel-edir.py.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28572
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019783=
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1075