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CVE-2008-1677 (GCVE-0-2008-1677)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-05-12 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:32
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the regular expression handler in Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 and 7.1 before SP6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted LDAP query that triggers the overflow during translation to a regular expression.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020001 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-02… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444712 x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/30185 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/30181 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-02… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2008-05-09 00:00
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