CVE-2009-3862

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2009-3862 · Published 04/11/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-3862 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting edirectory (novell).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
edirectory novell	`= 8.7.3= 8.7.3.8= 8.7.3.9= 8.8= 8.8.1= 8.8.2`	No fix yet

Description

The NDSD process in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf2 and eDirectory 8.8 before 8.8.5 ftf1 does not properly handle certain LDAP search requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a search request with a NULL BaseDN value.

References

novell.com/support/viewContent.do · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/36902
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3120 · Patch
zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-075 · Patch

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

edirectory

novell

= 8.7.3= 8.7.3.8= 8.7.3.9= 8.8= 8.8.1= 8.8.2

No fix yet

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