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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2008-3283 json

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…

published 2008-08-29 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3271

cvss
7.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • redhat-ds-base enterprise ipa 1.0, directory server 8 8.0.4-7.el5dsrv
  • redhat-ds-admin directory server 8 8.0.4-3.el5dsrv
  • redhat-ds directory server 7.1 7.1SP7-14.RHEL4

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0602RHSA-2008:0596RHSA-2008:0858

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-3283 updated cvss 4.3

Server: multiple memory leaks

  • Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 (for AS v. 3) redhat-ds 7.1SP7-14.RHEL3 Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 (for ES v. 3) redhat-ds 7.1SP7-14.RHEL3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0596
  • Red Hat Directory Server 8 (for RHEL 5 Server) redhat-ds-base 8.0.4-7.el5dsrv, redhat-ds-admin 8.0.4-3.el5dsrv
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0602
  • Red Hat RHEL 4 Directory Server AS redhat-ds 7.1SP7-14.RHEL4 Red Hat RHEL 4 Directory Server ES redhat-ds 7.1SP7-14.RHEL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0596
  • Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for AS v. 4) redhat-ds-base 8.0.4-7.el4dsrv, redhat-ds-admin 8.0.4-3.el4dsrv Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for ES v. 4) redhat-ds-base 8.0.4-7.el4dsrv, redhat-ds-admin 8.0.4-3.el4dsrv
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.