CVE-2008-2930

RedHat 8/9 - Directory Server Crafted Search Pattern Denial of Service

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 anteriores al SP7, Red Hat Directory Server 8, y Fedora Directory Server 1.1.1 permiten a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de CPU y agotamiento de búsqueda) a través de una petición de búsqueda LDAP manipulada con patrones, relativos a los subsistemas de hilo-simple y expresión-regular.

Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified in HP-UX running Netscape / Red Hat Directory Server. These vulnerabilities could be exploited remotely to allow Cross Site Scripting (XSS) or to create a Denial of Service (DoS).

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-06-30 CVE Reserved
2008-08-29 CVE Published
2014-03-17 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (19)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/31565	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31627	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31702	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31867	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020773	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2480	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44733	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6078	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32304	2014-03-17

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/release-notes/7.1SP7/index.html	2017-09-29
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30871	2017-09-29

URL	Date	SRC
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01532861	2017-09-29
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0602.html	2017-09-29
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0858.html	2017-09-29
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454065	2008-09-10
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html	2017-09-29
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00521.html	2017-09-29
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00708.html	2017-09-29
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2930	2008-09-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Fedora Search vendor "Fedora"		Directory Server Search vendor "Fedora" for product "Directory Server"				1.1.1 Search vendor "Fedora" for product "Directory Server" and version "1.1.1"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Directory Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Directory Server"				7.1 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Directory Server" and version "7.1"		sp1		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Directory Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Directory Server"				7.1 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Directory Server" and version "7.1"		sp2		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Directory Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Directory Server"				7.1 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Directory Server" and version "7.1"		sp3		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Directory Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Directory Server"				7.1 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Directory Server" and version "7.1"		sp4		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Directory Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Directory Server"				7.1 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Directory Server" and version "7.1"		sp5		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Directory Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Directory Server"				7.1 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Directory Server" and version "7.1"		sp6		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Directory Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Directory Server"				8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Directory Server" and version "8.0"		-		Affected