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FKIE_CVE-2008-2930

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-08-29 18:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:54
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01532861
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31565
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31627
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31702
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31867
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1020773
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/release-notes/7.1SP7/index.htmlPatch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0602.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0858.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30871Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2480
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454065
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44733
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6078
secalert@redhat.comhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00521.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00708.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01532861
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31565
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31627
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31702
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31867
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1020773
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/release-notes/7.1SP7/index.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0602.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0858.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30871Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2480
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454065
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44733
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6078
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00521.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00708.html

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    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "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 denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (consumo de CPU y agotamiento de b\u00fasqueda) a trav\u00e9s de una petici\u00f3n de b\u00fasqueda LDAP manipulada con patrones, relativos a los subsistemas de hilo-simple y expresi\u00f3n-regular."
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  "id": "CVE-2008-2930",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:54:45.297",
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    {
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44733"
    },
    {
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6078"
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    {
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
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