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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2008-2928 json

Multiple buffer overflows in the adminutil library in CGI applications in Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7 allow remote attackers to…

published 2008-08-29 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2921

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.6%
EPSS 6.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • redhat-ds directory server 7.1 7.1SP7-14.RHEL4

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0596

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-2008-2928 updated cvss 8.3

Server: CGI accept language buffer overflow

  • 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 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

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Exploit prediction

6.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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.