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CVE-2008-2952

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2952 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenLDAP versions 2.2.4 through 2.4.10, specifically within the liblber/io.c component. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending specially crafted ASN.1 BER datagrams, leading to an assertion error and program termination. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit for OpenLDAP 2.3.41 is available on ExploitDB, suggesting proof-of-concept code exists, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
13.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32000 · Jun 30, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1317 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 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 Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: openldap-0:2.2.13-8.el4_6.5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openldap-0:2.3.27-8.el5_2.4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-2952Important

OpenLDAP denial-of-service flaw in ASN.1 decoder

Jun 26, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html
secunia.com / advisories/30853
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30917
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30996
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31326
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31364
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31436
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32254
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32316
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200808-09.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43515
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-2645
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10662
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00109.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00129.html
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2008-0249
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1650
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openldap.org / its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs
openldap.org / its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/13/2
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0583.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/495320/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/30013
securitytracker.com / id
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-634-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1978/references
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2268
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-08-052