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CVE-2008-3283· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

Multiple memory leaks in Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7, Red Hat Directory Server 8, and Fedora Directory Server 1.1.1 and earlier

Multiple memory leaks in Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7, Red Hat Directory Server 8, and Fedora Directory Server 1.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving (1) the authentication / bind phase and (2) anonymous LDAP search requests.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 29, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.9% · 86th percentile
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Action score

32

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
fedoradirectory server
redhatdirectory server

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • fedora directory server1.1.1
  • redhat directory server7.1
  • redhat directory server8.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Red Hat:directory_server:7.1redhat-dsbefore 0:7.1SP7-14.RHEL40:7.1SP7-14.RHEL4
Red Hat:directory_server:8::el5redhat-ds-adminbefore 0:8.0.4-3.el5dsrv0:8.0.4-3.el5dsrv
Red Hat:directory_server:8::el5redhat-ds-admin-debuginfobefore 0:8.0.4-3.el5dsrv0:8.0.4-3.el5dsrv
Red Hat:directory_server:8::el5redhat-ds-basebefore 0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv
Red Hat:directory_server:8::el5redhat-ds-base-debuginfobefore 0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv
Red Hat:directory_server:8::el5redhat-ds-base-develbefore 0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv

Same product

fedora: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2008-2930Red 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 den
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2008-2929Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the adminutil library in the Directory Server Administration Express and Directory Se
    18Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
red hat:redhat-ds0:7.1SP7-14.RHEL4 · Red Hat:directory_server:7.1Package registry (OSV)
red hat:redhat-ds-admin0:8.0.4-3.el5dsrv · Red Hat:directory_server:8::el5Package registry (OSV)
red hat:redhat-ds-admin-debuginfo0:8.0.4-3.el5dsrv · Red Hat:directory_server:8::el5Package registry (OSV)
red hat:redhat-ds-base0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv · Red Hat:directory_server:8::el5Package registry (OSV)
red hat:redhat-ds-base-debuginfo0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv · Red Hat:directory_server:8::el5Package registry (OSV)
red hat:redhat-ds-base-devel0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv · Red Hat:directory_server:8::el5Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-399 · Resource Management Errors

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

nvd-primary

Attack context

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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

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Change log

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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