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TI-2008-02804 Aliases CVE-2008-2930GHSA-622c-3525-jxfp

Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7, Red Hat Directory Server 8, and Fedora Directory…

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06555 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fedora:directory_server:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1.1VulnerableFedora
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp1VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp2VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp3VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp4VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp5VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp6VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:fedora:directory_server:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.1 Vulnerable ·Fedora
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp2 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp3 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp4 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp5 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp6 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2008:0858 Released 2008-09-10 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    redhat-ds-base security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Server redhat-ds-base-8.0.4-7.el5dsrv, redhat-ds-base-8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.i386, redhat-ds-base-devel-8.0.4-7.el5dsrv +1
  • RHSA-2008:0596 Released 2008-08-27 · Red Hat rating Critical
    Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 Service Pack 7 security update
    • RHEL 4 Directory Server AS redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL4, redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL4.i386
    • RHEL 4 Directory Server ES redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL4, redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL4.i386
    • Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 (for AS v. 3) redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL3, redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL3.i386
    • Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 (for ES v. 3) redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL3, redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL3.i386
  • RHSA-2008:0602 Released 2008-08-27 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    redhat-ds-base and redhat-ds-admin security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Directory Server 8 (for RHEL 5 Server) redhat-ds-admin-8.0.4-3.el5dsrv, redhat-ds-admin-8.0.4-3.el5dsrv.i386, redhat-ds-base-8.0.4-7.el5dsrv +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
RHEL 4 Directory Server ASFixed RHSA-2008:0596
RHEL 4 Directory Server ESFixed RHSA-2008:0596
Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 (for AS v. 3)Fixed RHSA-2008:0596
Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 (for ES v. 3)Fixed RHSA-2008:0596
Red Hat Directory Server 8 (for RHEL 5 Server)Fixed RHSA-2008:0602
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for AS v. 4)
  • Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for ES v. 4)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-2930
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-622c-3525-jxfp

References

Patch 1

Advisory 6

Other 3

Sources

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