VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-3862

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-11-04
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Primary references