Red Hat Directory Server prior 8.0 Regular Expression memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Directory Server and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Regular Expression Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-1677. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Directory Server (Directory Service Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Regular Expression Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the regular expression handler in Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 and 7.1 before SP6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted LDAP query that triggers the overflow during translation to a regular expression.

The bug was discovered 05/09/2008. The weakness was presented 05/12/2008 as Bug 444712 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-1677 since 04/03/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading to version 8.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42332), SecurityFocus (BID 29126†), OSVDB (44978†), Secunia (SA30181†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1020001†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Directory Server 8.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 444712
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1677 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1677
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42298
X-Force: 42332
SecurityFocus: 29126 - Red Hat Directory Server LDAP Query Patterns Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 30181
OSVDB: 44978 - Red Hat - Directory Server - LDAP Query Patterns Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020001
Vulnerability Center: 18384 - Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 and 7.1 < SP6 Regular Expression Handler Buffer Overflow, Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/10/2019 10:21
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (61), 08/10/2019 10:21 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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