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CVE-2008-2928

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2928 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities within the adminutil library of CGI applications in Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 prior to SP7. These flaws allow unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (daemon crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted Accept-Language HTTP header. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability is considered critical due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0664 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 for RHEL 3Fixed in: redhat-ds-0:7.1SP7-14.RHEL3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 for RHEL 4Fixed in: redhat-ds-0:7.1SP7-14.RHEL4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-2928Critical

Server: CGI accept language buffer overflow

Dec 6, 2007

References

h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/31565
secunia.com / advisories/31702
secunia.com / advisories/31777
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44738
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5865
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html
Patch
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00218.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00449.html
redhat.com / docs/manuals/dir-server/release-notes/7.1SP7/index.html
securityfocus.com / bid/30869
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2480