PT-2008-3225 · Red Hat · Red Hat Directory Server

Nathan Kinder · Published 2008-05-12 · Updated 2022-02-03 · CVE-2008-1677

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Directory Server versions 7.1 before SP6 and 8.0

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the regular expression handler, which can be triggered by a crafted LDAP query. This can cause a denial of service, leading to a crash of the slapd service, and potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Red Hat Directory Server version 7.1, apply Service Pack 6 or later to resolve the issue. For Red Hat Directory Server version 8.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-120

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1677

RHSA-2008:0268

RHSA-2008:0269

Affected Products

Red Hat Directory Server

References · 9

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0269.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0268.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1677 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30181 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42332 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30185 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020001 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444712 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29126 · Note