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CVE-2008-2928 (GCVE-0-2008-2928)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-08-29 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:21
VLAI
Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in the adminutil library in CGI applications in Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Accept-Language HTTP header.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2008-08-27 00:00
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