National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2928
Original release date:08/29/2008
Last revised:03/04/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0596
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 30869
Type: Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-7339
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-7642
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453916
External Source: XF
Name: rhds-acceptlanguage-bo(44738)
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/release-notes/7.1SP7/index.html
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2480
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020771
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31777
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31702
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31565
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5865
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT080113
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT080113