TITLE:
Novell eDirectory iMonitor Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20139

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20139/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
Novell eDirectory 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/1120/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in in Novell eDirectory, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service) and compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in iMonitor.
This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow.

The vulnerability may be related to:
SA16393

The vulnerability has been reported in iMonitor version 2.4 that
ships with eDirectory version 8.8.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch (for eDirectory 8.8):
http://support.novell.com/servlet/filedownload/sec/pub/edir88ptf_imon.tgz/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Novell:
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2973759.htm

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA16393:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16393/

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