CVE-2008-2930 EXPLOIT
7.1
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 6.6% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Red 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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.1 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 6.56% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-08-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| fedora | directory server |
| redhat | directory server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | RedHat 8/9 - Directory Server Crafted Search Pattern Denial of Service | 2008-08-27 |
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01532861
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31565
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31627
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31702
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31867
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020773
- http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/release-notes/7.1SP7/index.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0602.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0858.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30871
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2480
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454065
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44733
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6078
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00521.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00708.html
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01532861
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31565
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31627
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