PT-2018-8499 · Novell · Novell Edirectory

Published 2018-03-02 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-9277

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 SP4

Description The LDAP backend in Novell eDirectory has an issue when switched to EBA (Enhanced Background Authentication), where it keeps open connections without EBA.

Recommendations For versions prior to 9.0 SP4, update to version 9.0 SP4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9277

Affected Products

Novell Edirectory

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9277 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9277 · Vendor Advisory
• https://netiq.com/documentation/edirectory-9/edirectory904_releasenotes/data/edirectory904_releasenotes.html · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1005473 · Note
• https://novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7016794 · Note