CVE-2008-3283

highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.85% (87th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Multiple memory leaks in Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7, Red Hat Directory Server 8, and Fedora Directory Server 1.1.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving (1) the authentication / bind phase and (2) anonymous LDAP search requests.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedredhat-ds-base-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.i386 as a component of Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0858
Fixedredhat-ds-base-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.src as a component of Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0858
Fixedredhat-ds-base-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0858
Fixedredhat-ds-base-debuginfo-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.i386 as a component of Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0858
Fixedredhat-ds-base-debuginfo-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0858
Fixedredhat-ds-base-devel-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.i386 as a component of Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0858
Fixedredhat-ds-base-devel-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Serverredhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0858

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.3–7.8

v2.07.8highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.9

v2.06.6mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Psecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-399USprimaryCWE-401US

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
fedora directory server= 1.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:fedora:directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat directory server= 7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat directory server= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat-ds-base-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.i386 as a component of Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Serverall versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
redhat-ds-base-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.src as a component of Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Serverall versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
redhat-ds-base-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Serverall versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
redhat-ds-base-debuginfo-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.i386 as a component of Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Serverall versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
redhat-ds-base-debuginfo-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Serverall versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
redhat-ds-base-devel-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.i386 as a component of Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Serverall versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
redhat-ds-base-devel-0:8.0.4-7.el5dsrv.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat IPA 1 for RHEL 5 Serverall versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2008:0858Red Hat Security Advisory: redhat-ds-base security and bug fix update2008-09-10csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated redhat-ds-base packages are now available that fix security issues and various bugs for Red Hat Enterprise IPA. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2008-08-29modified 2026-06-16

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references (36)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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