PT-2017-9981 · Novell · Edirectory

Published 2017-03-23 · Updated 2017-04-05 · CVE-2016-9167

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Novell eDirectory versions prior to 9.0.2

Description The issue concerns a problem with calculating ACLs on LDAP objects across partition boundaries, potentially leading to a privilege escalation. This could occur by modifying user attributes that would otherwise be filtered by an ACL.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.0.2, update to version 9.0.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-9167

Affected Products

Edirectory

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9167 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9167 · Security Note
• https://novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7016794 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97315 · Note