CVE-2008-1677 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Redhat Directory Server

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer OverflowCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
2.6%
top 14.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Redhat Directory ServerRedhat Fedora Directory Server
Timeline
PublishedMay 12
Latest updateMay 1

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDredhat/directory_server7.1, 8.0+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-qjcg-h2hw-4c86: Buffer overflow in the regular expression handler in Red Hat Directory Server 8↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2008-1677: Buffer overflow in the regular expression handler in Red Hat Directory Server 8↗2008-05-12
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
Server: insufficient buffer size for search patterns↗2006-02-23
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-1677 Directory Server: insufficient buffer size for search patterns↗2008-04-30
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