[SA21496] Novell eDirectory Denial of Service and Password Exposure

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TITLE:
Novell eDirectory Denial of Service and Password Exposure

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21496

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21496/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

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

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability and a security issue have been reported in Novell
eDirectory, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local
users to disclose sensitive information and by malicious people to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

1) An unspecified error may exhaust CPU resources during a Nessus
scan.

2) The eMBoxClient.jar iManager prints user passwords in a log file.

NOTE: Other issues, where some may be security related, have also
been reported.

SOLUTION:
Apply patch (for eDirectory 8.7.3.8 for the Linux, Solaris, AIX, and
HPUX platforms):
http://support.novell.com/servlet/filedownload/sec/ftf/edir8738ftf_1.tgz

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2973826.htm

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