Red Hat Directory Server up to 8.0 resource management

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Red Hat Directory Server up to 8.0 (Directory Service Software). Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 08/29/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3283 since 07/24/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34175 (Fedora 9 : fedora-ds-base-1.1.2-1.fc9 (2008-7813)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118395 (HP-UX Running Netscape Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (HPSBUX02354)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44731) and Tenable (34175). See 43846, 43845 and 43844 for similar entries.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 34175
Nessus Name: Fedora 9 : fedora-ds-base-1.1.2-1.fc9 (2008-7813)
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OpenVAS ID: 860828
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3283 (🔍)
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X-Force: 44731
SecurityTracker: 1020774
Vulnerability Center: 19361 - Red Hat Directory Server LDAP Multiple Memory Leak Vulnerabilities Allow Remote DoS, High
SecurityFocus: 30872 - Red Hat Directory Server LDAP Memory Leak Multiple Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31565 - Red Hat Directory Server Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 48172 - Red Hat Directory Server Anonymous LDAP Search Request Unspecified Remote DoS
Vupen: ADV-2008-2480

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/16/2019 11:16
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (82), 08/16/2019 11:16 (6)
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