CVE-2008-2930

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2930
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-29 18:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionRed Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7, Red Hat Directory Server 8, and Fedora Directory Server 1.1.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and search outage) via crafted LDAP search requests with patterns, related to a single-threaded regular-expression subsystem.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fedora Directory Server 1.1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 7.1 sp1 All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 7.1 sp2 All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 7.1 sp3 All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 7.1 sp4 All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 7.1 sp5 All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 7.1 sp6 All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 8.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Red Hat Directory Server Search Request Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: fedora-ds-base-1.1.2-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20000.www2.hp.com
Bug 454065 – CVE-2008-2930 Directory Server: temporary DoS via crafted pattern searches af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
HP-UX update for Netscape / Red Hat Directory Server - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Fedora update for fedora-ds-base - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: fedora-ds-base-1.1.2-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat Directory Server Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat Directory Server Crafted Search Pattern Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Red Hat Directory Server Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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