(HP Issues Fix for HP-UX) Red Hat Directory Server Search Request Processing Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020798 |
SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1020798
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-2930
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Sep 2 2008
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Impact:
Denial of service via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 6.21, 7.10
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Red Hat Directory Server. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send an LDAP search request against specially crafted data records to cause the target service to consume excessive CPU resources.
Ulf Weltman of Hewlett Packard reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the target service to consume excessive CPU resources.
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Solution:
HP has issued a fix for HP-UX.
The HP advisory is available at:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01532861
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Vendor URL: rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
State error
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Underlying OS: UNIX (HP/UX)
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Underlying OS Comments: B.11.11, B.11.23, and B.11.31
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Message History:
This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
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