CVE-2008-4480 Information

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.x before 8.8.3 and 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Netware Core Protocol opcode 0x24 message that triggers a calculation error that under-allocates a heap buffer.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/32111 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4404 http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.html http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.html http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7001183&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=78066829&stateId=02002078062953 http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981 http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3477912 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497169/100/0/threaded http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020990 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2738 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-066/