IBM Tivoli Directory Server 'ibmdiradm' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	37817
Class:	Design Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 01 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 01 2006 12:00AM
Credit:	Intevydis
Vulnerable:	IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.2
Not Vulnerable:

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 'ibmdiradm' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

IBM Tivoli Directory Server is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability caused by heap memory corruption.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, denying service to legitimate users.
Given the nature of this issue, the attacker may also be able to run arbitrary code, but this has not been confirmed.

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 'ibmdiradm' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following exploit code is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/37817.py

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 'ibmdiradm' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 'ibmdiradm' Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• IBM Homepage (IBM)
  
• Tivoli Directory Server 6.2 do_extendedOp DoS (Intevydis )