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CVE-2008-1677

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2008-05-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Redhat Fedora Directory ServerRedhat Directory Server

Weakness Type

CWE-120

References