Novell eDirectory 20080924

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patches this patch supersedes

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patches that supersede this patch

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patch attributes

Architecture: x86-64

Security patch: YesView security alerts.

Priority: Mandatory

Distribution Type: Public

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=wxO984kvjmc~

document

Revision: 1

Document ID: 5037181

Creation Date: 2008-10-23 13:50:18

abstract

Novell eDirectory
SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (ef1bcc8cbc6b2ed29c6f85eaf38f2eec)

Applies to

Package: novell-NDSserv novell-NOVLembox
Product(s):
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 for x86
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Patch: oes2-novell-NDSserv-5626

Release: 20080924
Obsoletes: none

details

Indications

All users of Novell eDirectory should update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

This patch resolves the following security vulnerabilities:

Security vulnerability: content-Length header heap overflow. (Bug 379880) (CVE-2008-4478) (TID 7000087)
Security vulnerability: dhost accept language header heap overflow. (Bug 379882) (CVE-2008-4479) (TID 7000086)
Security vulnerability: eDirectory core protocol opcode 0x0F heap overflow. (Bug 396817) (CVE-2008-4478) (TID 7001184)
Security vulnerability: eDirectory core protocol opcode 0x24 heap overflow. (Bug 396819) (CVE-2008-4480) (TID 7001183)
Security vulnerability: remote exploitation of eDirectory NCP memory corruption. (Bug 373852) (IDEF2996) (TID 7001185)
Security vulnerability: httpstk allows cross site scripting. (Bug 387429) (CVE-2008-0925) (TID 3460217)

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:

rpm -Fvh novell-NDSserv.rpm novell-NOVLembox.rpm

file contents

Files Included	Size	Date
novell-NDSserv-8.8.2-71.12.i586.rpm	6.1 MB (6435724)	2008-10-23 13:50:23
novell-NOVLembox-8.8.2-31.1.i586.rpm	2.1 MB (2280186)	2008-10-23 13:50:25
readme_5037181.html	N/A	2008-10-23 14:20:05

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