PT-2008-1588 · Novell · Novell Identity Manager

Published 2008-01-04 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2007-6625

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Novell Identity Manager (IDM) version 3.5.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a daemon crash. This is achieved by sending unspecified network traffic that triggers a syslog message containing invalid format string specifiers.

Recommendations For Novell Identity Manager (IDM) version 3.5.1, consider restricting access to the asampsp process in the Fan-Out Driver Platform Services to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, monitor network traffic for suspicious activity that may trigger the vulnerable syslog message. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-6625

Affected Products

Novell Identity Manager

References · 8

• http://secunia.com/advisories/28237 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6625 · Security Note
• http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5007560.html · Patch
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019144 · Patch
• http://osvdb.org/40104 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27028 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4311 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39206 · Note