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CVE-2008-3283

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3283 describes multiple memory leak vulnerabilities in Red Hat Directory Server versions 7.1 (before SP7) and 8, and Fedora Directory Server 1.1.1 and earlier. These leaks, occurring during authentication/bind phases and anonymous LDAP search requests, can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service through memory exhaustion. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0285 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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 (4)

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
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Directory Server 8 for RHEL 5Fixed in: redhat-ds-admin-0:8.0.4-3.el5dsrv
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Directory Server 8 for RHEL 5Fixed in: redhat-ds-base-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3283Moderate

Server: multiple memory leaks

Aug 27, 2008

References

h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/31565
secunia.com / advisories/31627
secunia.com / advisories/31702
secunia.com / advisories/31867
secunia.com / advisories/31913
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44731
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6118
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00521.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00708.html
redhat.com / docs/manuals/dir-server/release-notes/7.1SP7/index.html
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0602.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0858.html
securityfocus.com / bid/30872
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2480