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Critical
CVE-2008-5092
Heap-based buffer overflows in Novell eDirectory HTTP protocol stack (HTTPSTK)...
Vulnerability Description
Heap-based buffer overflows in Novell eDirectory HTTP protocol stack (HTTPSTK) before 8.8 SP3 have unknown impact and attack vectors related to the (1) HTTP language header and (2) HTTP content-length header.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
novell
View all reports →Affected Software
edirectory
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 8.0, 8.5, 8.5.12a, 8.5.27, 8.6.2, 8.7, 8.7.1, 8.7.3, 8.7.3.8, 8.7.3.8_presp9, 8.7.3.9, 8.7.3.10, 8.8, 8.8.1, 8.8.2, 85.20
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 14th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.