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CVE-2009-2457

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2457 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Novell eDirectory 8.8 prior to SP5. A remote attacker can crash the DS\NDSD component by sending a malformed LDAP bind packet. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows for unauthenticated remote attacks with low complexity, leading to a loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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:sp3:ftf3:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0242 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 55849
secunia.com / advisories/34160
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/51706
novell.com / support/viewContent.do
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/35666
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1883
PatchVendor Advisory