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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2009-2456

CVE-2009-2456

Description

The DS\NDSD component in Novell eDirectory 8.8 before SP5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ndsd core dump) via an LDAP request containing multiple . (dot) wildcard characters in the Relative Distinguished Name (RDN).

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Affected products

6
  • Novell/Edirectory6 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.8:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <8.8 SP5

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