Vulnerability CVE-2008-1677
Published: 2008-05-12   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Red hat -> Fedora directory server 
Redhat -> Directory server 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444712
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42332
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
http://secunia.com/advisories/30185
http://secunia.com/advisories/30181
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