CVE-2006-4177: Novell Edirectory

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NCP engine in Novell eDirectory before 8.8.1 FTF1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted NCP over IP packet that causes NCP to read more data than intended.

Affected products

• Novell Edirectory: up to and including 8.8.1; version 8.8 only

Published 2006-10-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.