Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-2928 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Redhat Directory Server 7.1

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
redhat
CWE-119
critical
nessus
NVD
Published: 2008-08-29
Updated: 2017-09-29

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in the adminutil library in CGI applications in Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Accept-Language HTTP header.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Redhat
6

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-7339.NASL
    descriptionFixes these bugs: - CVE-2008-2928 - buffer overflow in Accept-Language parsing 413531 Web browser accepted languages configuration causes dsgw CGI binaries to segfault - improved fix for CVE-2008-2929 XSS issues (originally addressed in 1.1.6), that does not introduce heap overflow in parsing %-encoded inputs (CVE-2008-2932) 245248 dsgw doesn
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id34127
    published2008-09-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34127
    titleFedora 9 : adminutil-1.1.7-1.fc9 (2008-7339)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-7642.NASL
    descriptionFixes these bugs: - CVE-2008-2928 - buffer overflow in Accept-Language parsing 413531 Web browser accepted languages configuration causes dsgw CGI binaries to segfault - improved fix for CVE-2008-2929 XSS issues (originally addressed in 1.1.6), that does not introduce heap overflow in parsing %-encoded inputs (CVE-2008-2932) 245248 dsgw doesn
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id34139
    published2008-09-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34139
    titleFedora 8 : adminutil-1.1.7-1.fc8 (2008-7642)

Oval

accepted2015-04-20T04:02:28.274-04:00
classvulnerability
contributors
  • nameMichael Wood
    organizationHewlett-Packard
  • nameSushant Kumar Singh
    organizationHewlett-Packard
  • nameSushant Kumar Singh
    organizationHewlett-Packard
  • namePrashant Kumar
    organizationHewlett-Packard
  • nameMike Cokus
    organizationThe MITRE Corporation
descriptionMultiple buffer overflows in the adminutil library in CGI applications in Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Accept-Language HTTP header.
familyunix
idoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5865
statusaccepted
submitted2008-09-02T12:41:13.000-04:00
titleHP-UX Running Netscape / Red Hat Directory Server, Remote Cross Site Scripting (XSS) or Remote Denial of Service (DoS)
version44

Redhat

advisories
rhsa
idRHSA-2008:0596
rpms
  • redhat-ds-0:7.1SP7-14.RHEL3
  • redhat-ds-0:7.1SP7-14.RHEL4

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBUGTRAQ ID: 30869 CVE ID: CVE-2008-2928 CNCVE ID：CNCVE-20082928 Red Hat Directory Server是一款LDAPv3兼容的目录服务程序。 Red Hat Directory Server包含的对个CGI应用吃呢供需处理Accept-Language HTTP头字段存在缓冲区溢出，远程攻击者可以利用漏洞以管理服务器应用程序权限执行任意指令。 能访问管理服务器WEB接口的攻击者可使用这个漏洞使这些CGI应用程序崩溃，或者可能以应用程序权限执行任意代码。注意：Red Hat Directory Server 7.1以ROOT用户权限运行管理服务器。 RedHat Directory Server 7.1 SP6 RedHat Directory Server 7.1 SP5 RedHat Directory Server 7.1 SP4 RedHat Directory Server 7.1 SP3 RedHat Directory Server 7.1 SP2 RedHat Directory Server 7.1 SP1 RedHat Directory Server 7.1 可参考如下安全公告获得补丁信息： <a href=http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html target=_blank>http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html</a>
idSSV:3931
last seen2017-11-19
modified2008-08-28
published2008-08-28
reporterRoot
titleRed Hat Directory Server接受语言HTTP头字段缓冲区溢出漏洞

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