CVE-2008-2932

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.00% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454662
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31106 vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00218.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00449.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31777 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45203 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2932?
CVE-2008-2932 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2932?
To fix CVE-2008-2932, 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-2008-2932 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-2932 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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