CVE-2008-1677

critical

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42332

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444712

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020001

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29126

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0269.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0268.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-05-12

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical