CVE-2008-0658

Public Exploit

Description

slapd/back-bdb/modrdn.c in the BDB backend for slapd in OpenLDAP 2.3.39 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a modrdn operation with a NOOP (LDAP_X_NO_OPERATION) control, a related issue to CVE-2007-6698.

Category

4.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.45% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:058 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29461 third party advisory
http://www.openldap.org/devel/cvsweb.cgi/servers/slapd/back-bdb/modrdn.c.diff?r1=1.197&r2=1.198&f=h exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/29225 third party advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0059
http://secunia.com/advisories/29682 third party advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0059
http://secunia.com/advisories/29256 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488242/100/200/threaded mailing list
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-28.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29068 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-584-1 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0110.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9470 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/28953 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28914 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1541 vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40479 vdb entry
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=5358
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28926 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27778 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0536/references vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29957 third party advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019481 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-0658?
CVE-2008-0658 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-0658?
To fix CVE-2008-0658, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-0658 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-0658 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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