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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2012.0169.2
A number of vulnerabilities have been identified in Novell eDirectory
18 January 2013
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Novell eDirectory
Operating System: SUSE
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
VMWare ESX Server
Solaris
AIX
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Impact/Access: Root Compromise -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Cross-site Scripting -- Remote with User Interaction
Denial of Service -- Unknown/Unspecified
Unauthorised Access -- Unknown/Unspecified
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2012-0432 CVE-2012-0430 CVE-2012-0429
CVE-2012-0428
Member content until: Friday, January 18 2013
Comment: The vendor patch should urgently be applied, as remote exploit code is
publicly available.
Revision History: January 18 2013: Code which can remotely exploit
CVE-2012-0432 is publicly available
December 4 2012: Initial Release
OVERVIEW
A number of vulnerabilities have been identified in Novell eDirectory
prior to version 8.8 SP7 Patch 2. [1]
IMPACT
The vendor has provided the following details regarding these
vulnerabilities:
"- Security Vulnerability: eDirectory DoS dhost request with certains
characters (Bug 772895) (CVE-2012-0429)
- Security Vulnerability: eDirectory Authorization Mechanism Bypass
(Bug 772898) (CVE-2012-0430)
- Security Vulnerability: eDirectory Cross Site Scripting exploit
(Bug 772899) (CVE-2012-0428)
- Security Vulnerability: Novell NCP Pre-Auth Remote Stack-Based
Buffer Overflow (Bug 785272) (CVE-2012-0432)" [1]
David Klein has advised on the Full Disclosure mailing list that a
remote root compromise is possible via CVE-2012-0432. [2]
MITIGATION
The vendor recommends updating to the latest version of Novell
eDirectory to correct these issues. [1]
REFERENCES
[1] History of Issues Resolved in eDirectory 8.8.x
http://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3426981
[2] Novell NCP Pre-Auth Remote Stack-Based Buffer Overflow.
(CVE-2012-0432)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/97
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