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Red Hat Directory Server Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31627
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Release Date:
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2008-08-28
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Popularity:
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1,725 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Red Hat Directory Server 8.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-2930
CVE-2008-3283
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Red Hat Directory Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
1) Multiple memory leaks can be exploited to potentially exhaust all available memory via specially crafted requests.
2) An error in the processing of LDAP search patterns can be exploited to trigger a high CPU usage via specially crafted LDAP requests.
Solution:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
https://rhn.redhat.com/
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits:
1) Richard Megginson
2) Ulf Weltman of Hewlett Packard.
Original Advisory:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0602.html
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