CVE-2006-5478

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

84.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2006-10-24 20:00Z19 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 19:55Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2006-10-24

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a50bc0f6943a258f7a34b99c7ce418a309b51873343aefa2f50e1815e4b1173a

• lists.grok.org.uk20061028 ZDI-06-035: Novell eDirectory NDS Server Host Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/050388.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securityfocus.com20655http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20655vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securityfocus.com20061026 ZDI-06-035: Novell eDirectory NDS Server Host Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449899/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.mnin.orghttp://www.mnin.org/advisories/2006_novell_httpstk.pdfx_refsource_MISC
• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-036.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-035.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• secure-support.novell.comhttps://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/134/3096026_f.SAL_Public.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• securitytracker.com1017141http://securitytracker.com/id?1017141vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• securitytracker.com1017125http://securitytracker.com/id?1017125vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.grok.org.uk20061028 ZDI-06-035: Novell eDirectory NDS Server Host Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/050382.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securityfocus.com20061103 ZDI-06-036: Novell Netmail User Authentication Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450520/100/100/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.securityfocus.com20061028 Re: [Full-disclosure] ZDI-06-035: Novell eDirectory NDS Server Host Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450017/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.vupen.comADV-2006-4141http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4141vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• www.securityfocus.com20853http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20853vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• support.novell.comhttp://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2974600.htmx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.novell.comhttp://www.novell.com/support/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=3723994&sliceId=SAL_Public&dialogID=16776123&stateId=1%200%202648401x_refsource_CONFIRM
• secunia.com22519http://secunia.com/advisories/22519third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA