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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-2930 · published 29 August 2008

CVE-2008-2930: Fedora directory server vulnerability

Fedora · Directory Server

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.

7.1 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 6.6% · top 6.4% CWE-399 · CWE-399
7.1CVSS 2.0 base score
6.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
34References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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 Patch
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 Patch
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 Patch
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 Patch
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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-2930), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.