CVE-2008-2932 (GCVE-0-2008-2932)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-12 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:21
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EPSS
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Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in Red Hat adminutil 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via % (percent) encoded HTTP input to unspecified CGI scripts in Fedora Directory Server. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-2929.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454662 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31106 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31777 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Date Public
2008-09-10 00:00
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