CVE-2008-2930: fedora directory_server Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-2930 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in fedora directory_server. EPSS estimates a 6.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 29-08-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7, Red Hat Directory Server 8, and Fedora Directory Server 1.1.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and search outage) via crafted LDAP search requests with patterns, related to a single-threaded regular-expression subsystem.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
6.55%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 6.55% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundRedHat 8/9 - Directory Server Crafted Search Pattern Denial of Service
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Fedora1 product
- directory_server1.1.1
Redhat1 product
- directory_server7.1:sp1 | 7.1:sp2 | 7.1:sp3 | 7.1:sp4 | 7.1:sp5 | 7.1:sp6 | 8.0
2 vendors · 2 products
References
17 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6078VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01532861Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource HP
Show all 17 references
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00708.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454065X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00521.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA