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CVE-2008-2928 Detail

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the adminutil library in CGI applications in Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Accept-Language HTTP header.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  08/29/2008

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.0 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01532861
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020771
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/release-notes/7.1SP7/index.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30869 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2480
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453916
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44738
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5865
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html Patch
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00218.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00449.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5865
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5865

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2928
NVD Published Date:
08/29/2008
NVD Last Modified:
09/28/2017