CVE-2008-3283

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Multiple memory leaks in Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7, Red Hat Directory Server 8, and Fedora Directory Server 1.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving (1) the authentication / bind phase and (2) anonymous LDAP search requests.

Affected products

Fedora Directory Server: 1.1.1
RedHat Directory Server: 7.1-sp1, 7.1-sp2, 7.1-sp3, 7.1-sp4, 7.1-sp5, 7.1-sp6 (+1)

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://secunia.com/advisories/31913
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020774
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/30872
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2480

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