CVE-2008-1777 Information

Description

The eDirectory Host Environment service (dhost.exe) in Novell eDirectory 8.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long HTTP HEAD request to TCP port 8028.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/29639 http://www.offensive-security.com/0day/novel-edir.py.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28572 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019783 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1075