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Fencer Intel
medium 6.5

CVE-2017-9267 json

eDirectory LDAP peer certificate validation issue

published 2018-03-02 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18203

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Novell eDirectory before 9.0.3.1 the LDAP interface was not strictly enforcing cipher restrictions allowing weaker ciphers to be used during SSL BIND operations.

Patch / fix

  • Novell eDirectory 9.0.3.1

Exploit prediction

1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Novell eDirectory

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-757 Selection of Less-Secure Algorithm During Negotiation

References

Sources

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