29993 : Novell eDirectory iMonitor HTTP Protocol Stack (httpstk) Host HTTP Header Remote Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
12	807	over 5 years ago	about 1 year ago	8 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2006-08-14	2006-09-11	2006-10-23	2006-10-23

Time to Patch
42 days

Keywords

ZDI-06-035

Description

A buffer overflow exists in eDirectory. iMonitor fails to validate HTTP Host headers resulting in a stack overflow. With a specially crafted request, a remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Private, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Novell has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

Novell, Inc.

eDirectory

8.7.3.8

References

Security Tracker: 1017125
CVE ID: 2006-5478 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 20655
Secunia Advisory ID: 22519
SCIP VulDB ID: 2626
Metasploit ID: 29993
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-4141
Keyword: Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 4519 ZDI-06-035
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-10/0439.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-10/0471.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0434.html
Generic Exploit URL: http://immunitysec.com
http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/edirectory_imonitor_redir
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974592.htm
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974603.htm
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/3723994.htm
Other Advisory URL: http://www.mnin.org/advisories/2006_novell_httpstk.pdf
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-035.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=3723994&sliceId=SAL_Public&dialogID=16776123&stateId=1%200%202648401

Tools & Filters

	22903
Snort	8711

Credit

Manuel Santamarina Suarez - Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-10-25 | Disagree?

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