CVE-2008-1677

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.

• CWE-120

• http://secunia.com/advisories/30181Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30185Broken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0268.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0269.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29126Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020001Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444712Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42332Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30181Broken Link
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30185Broken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0268.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0269.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29126Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020001Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444712Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42332Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

May 12, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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