CVE-2008-4479

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in dhost.exe in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before 8.8.3, and 8.7.3 before 8.7.3.10 ftf1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SOAP request with a long Accept-Language header.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32111Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4405Third Party Advisory
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7000086&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=78066829&stateId=0%200%2078062953Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497164/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020989Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2738Third Party Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-064Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32111Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4405Third Party Advisory
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037180.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5037181.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/support/php/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=7000086&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1&dialogID=78066829&stateId=0%200%2078062953Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497164/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020989Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2738Third Party Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-064Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Oct 14, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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