{"schemaVersion":3,"id":"CVE-2008-1677","aliases":["RHSA-2008:0268","RHSA-2008:0269"],"status":"published","duplicateOf":null,"title":null,"description":"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.","dates":{"published":"2008-05-12T16:00:00.000Z","modified":"2024-08-07T08:32:01.281Z","reserved":null,"kevAdded":[],"kevDue":[]},"cvss":{"headline":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","version":"2.0","versionLabel":"v2.0","source":"NVD","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","computed":false,"selection":"backend-summary"},"metrics":[{"version":"2.0","versionLabel":"v2.0","source":"NVD","score":7.5,"severity":"high","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","exploitability":null,"impact":null,"computed":false}]},"epss":{"probability":0.04931,"percentile":0.92045,"severity":"low","asOf":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","change":{"pp":0,"baselineDate":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","baselineScore":0.04931},"history":[{"date":"2026-09-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":0.92045}],"last30":[{"date":"2026-09-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-20T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-22T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-23T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-25T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-26T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-27T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-03T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-04T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-05T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-08T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-09T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-10T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-12T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-13T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-15T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-18T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":null},{"date":"2026-10-19T00:00:00.000Z","score":0.04931,"percentile":0.92045}]},"kev":{"state":"not-listed","entries":[],"listedCount":0,"totalCatalogs":3,"catalogs":[{"source":"cisa","label":"CISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"enisa","label":"ENISA","listed":false,"entry":null},{"source":"circl","label":"CIRCL","listed":false,"entry":null}]},"ransomware":{"state":"none-recorded","sources":[]},"exploits":[],"exploitCount":0,"weaknesses":[{"id":"CWE-120","name":"Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')","description":"The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.","type":"weakness","status":"Incomplete","abstraction":"Base","likelihoodOfExploit":"High","url":"https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/120.html"}],"affected":[{"vendor":"redhat","product":"directory_server","name":"directory server","label":"directory_server","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"7.1:sp1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"7.1:sp2","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"7.1:sp3","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"7.1:sp4","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"7.1:sp5","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null},{"text":"8.0","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"7.1:sp1 | 7.1:sp2 | 7.1:sp3 | 7.1:sp4 | 7.1:sp5 | 8.0","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/redhat/directory_server"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"fedora_directory_server","name":"fedora directory server","label":"fedora_directory_server","ecosystem":null,"cpePart":"a","purl":null,"purlType":null,"versions":[{"text":"1.1","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"1.1","eol":null,"hubHref":"/vendor/redhat/fedora_directory_server"},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"redhat-ds","name":"redhat-ds","label":"redhat-ds","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/redhat-ds","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:7.1SP6-9.RHEL4","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:7.1SP6-9.RHEL4","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"redhat-ds-base","name":"redhat-ds-base","label":"redhat-ds-base","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/redhat-ds-base","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:8.0.3-16.el5dsrv","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:8.0.3-16.el5dsrv","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"redhat-ds-base-debuginfo","name":"redhat-ds-base-debuginfo","label":"redhat-ds-base-debuginfo","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/redhat-ds-base-debuginfo","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:8.0.3-16.el5dsrv","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:8.0.3-16.el5dsrv","eol":null,"hubHref":null},{"vendor":"redhat","product":"redhat-ds-base-devel","name":"redhat-ds-base-devel","label":"redhat-ds-base-devel","ecosystem":"Red Hat","cpePart":null,"purl":"pkg:rpm/redhat/redhat-ds-base-devel","purlType":"rpm","versions":[{"text":"< 0:8.0.3-16.el5dsrv","noFixRecorded":false,"fixedIn":null}],"versionsText":"< 0:8.0.3-16.el5dsrv","eol":null,"hubHref":null}],"affectedCount":6,"eol":{"hasEol":false,"count":0},"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29126","label":"www.securityfocus.com/bid/29126","hostname":"www.securityfocus.com","tags":["VDB Entry","X Refsource BID","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020001","label":"www.securitytracker.com/id?1020001","hostname":"www.securitytracker.com","tags":["VDB Entry","X Refsource SECTRACK","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0268.html","label":"www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0268.html","hostname":"www.redhat.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource REDHAT","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444712","label":"bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444712","hostname":"bugzilla.redhat.com","tags":["X Refsource MISC","Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory","REPORT"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30185","label":"secunia.com/advisories/30185","hostname":"secunia.com","tags":["Third Party Advisory","X Refsource SECUNIA","Broken Link"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30181","label":"secunia.com/advisories/30181","hostname":"secunia.com","tags":["Third Party Advisory","X Refsource SECUNIA","Broken Link"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42332","label":"exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42332","hostname":"exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com","tags":["VDB Entry","X Refsource XF","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0269.html","label":"www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0269.html","hostname":"www.redhat.com","tags":["Vendor Advisory","X Refsource REDHAT","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0268","label":"access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0268","hostname":"access.redhat.com","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical","label":"www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/","hostname":"www.redhat.com","tags":["ARTICLE"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=182621","label":"bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=182621","hostname":"bugzilla.redhat.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0268.json","label":"security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0268.json","hostname":"security.access.redhat.com","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1677","label":"access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1677","hostname":"access.redhat.com","tags":["REPORT"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1677","label":"www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1677","hostname":"www.cve.org","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1677","label":"nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1677","hostname":"nvd.nist.gov","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0269","label":"access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0269","hostname":"access.redhat.com","tags":["Advisory"]},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0269.json","label":"security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2008/rhsa-2008_0269.json","hostname":"security.access.redhat.com","tags":["Advisory"]}],"lineage":{"upstream":[],"downstream":[],"duplicates":[],"related":[]},"timeline":[{"kind":"published","date":"2008-05-12T16:00:00.000Z","label":"Published","detail":"Vulnerability first disclosed.","source":null},{"kind":"modified","date":"2024-08-07T08:32:01.281Z","label":"Last modified","detail":"Vulnerability information updated.","source":null}],"risk":{"score":31,"level":"medium","profile":"Default","thresholds":{"critical":75,"high":50,"medium":25,"low":10}},"meta":{"dataAsOf":"2026-10-19T18:24:20.370Z","stale":false,"partial":false}}