CVE-2009-2456 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before SP5, specifically within the DS\NDSD component. Remote attackers can trigger an ndsd core dump by sending an LDAP request containing multiple dot wildcard characters in the Relative Distinguished Name (RDN). This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with network access, low attack complexity, no authentication required, and a partial impact on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
8.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.