CVE-2008-0927

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Published Apr 14, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 70.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 before sp10 and 8.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an HTTP request with (1) multiple Connection headers or (2) a Connection header with multiple comma-separated values. NOTE: this might be similar to CVE-2008-1777.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory::::::::

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows-nt:2000:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows-nt:2003:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 70.0% (70.050% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/29805
http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3829452&sliceId=1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491622/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28757
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019836
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1217/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41787
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5547

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows-nt

Novell Edirectory

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:01 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 14, 2008, 4:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:01 AM
Reserved: Feb 25, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:50 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 14, 2008, 4:05 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:50 PM

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