Novell eDirectory Multiple Vulnerabilities (Nov 2008) - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:novell:edirectory";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.800136");
  script_version("2025-12-11T05:46:19+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-12-11 05:46:19 +0000 (Thu, 11 Dec 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-11-21 14:18:03 +0100 (Fri, 21 Nov 2008)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5091", "CVE-2008-5092", "CVE-2008-5093", "CVE-2008-5094");
  script_name("Novell eDirectory Multiple Vulnerabilities (Nov 2008) - Linux");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Buffer overflow");
  script_dependencies("secpod_novell_prdts_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Novell/eDir/Lin/Ver");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Aug/1020785.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30947");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Aug/1020786.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Aug/1020787.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Aug/1020788.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3426981");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.novell.com/documentation/edir873/sp10_readme/netware/readme.txt");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.novell.com/patches.html");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows remote code execution on the target
  machines or can allow disclosure of potentially sensitive information or
  can cause denial of service condition.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP2 and prior on Linux.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaws are due to

  - boundary error in LDAP and NDS services.

  - boundary error in HTTP language header and HTTP content-length header.

  - HTTP protocol stack(HTTPSTK) that does not properly filter HTML code from
  user-supplied input.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to 8.8 Service Pack 3.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Novell eDirectory is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"8.8.SP3" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"8.8.SP3", install_path:path );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );