CVE-2008-1677

N/A
Published: May 12, 2008 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorDirectory ServerFedora Directory Server

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

Buffer overflow in the regular expression handler in Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 and 7.1 before SP6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted LDAP query that triggers the overflow during translation to a regular expression.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (8)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30181
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30185
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0268.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0269.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29126
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020001
x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444712
VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42332

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120

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