Check Point Advisories

Novell eDirectory Unchecked Length Denial of Service

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2012-203
Date Published: 14 May 2012
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Thursday 18 April, 2024
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R75
Who is Vulnerable? Novell eDirectory 8.8.5 and prior
Vulnerability Description A denial of service vulnerability has been reported in Novell eDirectory.
Vulnerability DetailsThe vulnerability is due to lack of validation of user-supplied values while parsing incoming LDAP requests. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request to the target server. A successful exploitation attempt will cause the server to crash, leading to a denial of service condition.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Novell eDirectory Unchecked Length Denial of Service protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Novell eDirectory Unchecked Length Denial of Service

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