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    CVE-2008-2930

    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.

    Published:Aug 27, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Aug 29, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.15226
    CVSS Score:7.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedora
    Product
    Directory Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Directory Server

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32304

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    References

    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01532861
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31565
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31627
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31702
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31867
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1020773
    http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/release-notes/7.1SP7/index.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0602.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0858.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30871
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2480
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454065
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44733
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6078
    https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00521.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00708.html
    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01532861
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31565
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31627
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31702
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31867
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1020773
    http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/release-notes/7.1SP7/index.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0602.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0858.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30871
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2480
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454065
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44733
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6078
    https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00521.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00708.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High