CVE-2017-9267
eDirectory LDAP peer certificate validation issue
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
eDirectory LDAP peer certificate validation issue
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-9267- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-757
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-18203
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.
- Record
EUVD-2017-18203- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jh86-48fp-8v6j
In Novell eDirectory before 9.0.3.1 the LDAP interface was not strictly enforcing cipher...
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.
- Record
GHSA-jh86-48fp-8v6j- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2017-9267- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-757
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-9267 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Edirectory, published March 2, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.03%, the 63rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.