CVE-2006-4520 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Novell eDirectory versions before 8.7.3 SP9 and 8.8.x before 8.8.1 FTF2. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the daemon by sending specially crafted NCP fragments with negative lengths, leading to a heap write to a log file. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.7.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.