25781 : Novell eDirectory / iMonitor NDS Server URI Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
7	760	over 5 years ago	about 1 year ago	2 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2006-03-14	2006-03-20	2006-05-22	2006-05-24

Time to Exploit
71 days

Keywords

TID2973759, port 8030, port 8028

Description

A remote overflow exists in Novell eDirectory iMonitor NDS server. The NDS server fails to parse long URIs to the 'nds' path resulting in a stack-based overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause execution of arbitrary code resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Private
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, vendor has released a patch (edir88ptf_imon.tgz) to address this vulnerability.

Products

Novell, Inc.	Novell eDirectory	8.8
Novell, Inc.	Novell iMonitor	2.4

References

Security Tracker: 1016120
Bugtraq ID: 18026
Milw0rm: 1822
Exploit Database: 1822
CVE ID: 2006-2496 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 20139
SCIP VulDB ID: 2248
ISS X-Force ID: 26524
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-1850
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0592.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2973759.htm
Vendor URL: http://www.novell.com/products/edirectory/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-016.html
Keyword: TID2973759,port 8030,port 8028

Tools & Filters

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Snort	6507

Credit

CIRT.DK - Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-05-22 | Disagree?

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