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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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