CVE-2008-2930 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 (before SP7), Red Hat Directory Server 8, and Fedora Directory Server 1.1.1. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending crafted LDAP search requests containing patterns, which overloads the single-threaded regular-expression subsystem, leading to high CPU consumption and a search outage. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (High) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100, this vulnerability is considered severe due to its remote attack vector and complete availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fedora:directory_server:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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