CVE-2008-2952 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 13.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
liblber/io.c in OpenLDAP 2.2.4 to 2.4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program termination) via crafted ASN.1 BER datagrams that trigger an assertion error.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 13.17% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-07-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| openldap | openldap |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | OpenLDAP 2.3.41 - BER Decoding Remote Denial of Service | 2008-06-30 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30853
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30917
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30996
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31326
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31364
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31436
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32254
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32316
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-09.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0249
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1650
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:144
- http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=5580
- http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=5580%3Bselectid=5580
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/13/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0583.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495320/100/0/threaded
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