Advisory Details

October 8th, 2008

Novell eDirectory dhost.exe Content-Length Header Heap Overflow Vulnerability

ZDI-08-063
ZDI-CAN-312

CVE ID CVE-2008-4478
CVSS SCORE
AFFECTED VENDORS Novell
AFFECTED PRODUCTS eDirectory
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['3710']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Novell eDirectory. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw resides in the web console running on TCP ports 8028 and 8030. The server exposes a web interface and accepts SOAP connections. While parsing the Content-Length header within a SOAP request an integer overflow can occur. This integer overflow triggers a subsequent overflow during a memory copy operation leading to arbitrary code execution under the context of the SYSTEM user.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Novell has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7000087&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=78066829&stateId=0%200%2078062953
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2008-04-08 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2008-10-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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