Off-by-one error in the iMonitor component in Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP3, 8.8 SP3 FTF3, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers…

Description

Off-by-one error in the iMonitor component in Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP3, 8.8 SP3 FTF3, and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a crafted Accept-Language header, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

12.3% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 34160 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• edirectory-imonitor-acceptlanguage-bo(51703) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20090714 Secunia Research: Novell eDirectory iMonitor "Accept-Language" Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-13/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 55847 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 35666 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2009-1883 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 04:24 UTC.