CVE-2008-2932

N/A Unknown
Published: September 12, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Red Hat adminutil 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via % (percent) encoded HTTP input to unspecified CGI scripts in Fedora Directory Server. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-2929.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31777
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31106
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454662
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45203
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00218.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00449.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/31777
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31106
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454662
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45203
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00218.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00449.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.0%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

redhat

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