Server: adminutil / CGI heap overflow
Published Sep 12, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.38%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.38% (0.03376) | 88.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.38% (0.03376) | 87.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.00% (0.02998) | 85.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 14, 2025 | 11.17% (0.11170) | 95.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 26, 2023 | 8.41% (0.08410) | 93.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 13, 2023 | 10.10% (0.10098) | 93.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 11.08% (0.11077) | 94.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 89.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 89.29th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 54.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 88.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 75.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31777 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31106 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2932 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454662 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45203 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2932
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2932
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00218.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00449.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31777 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31106 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2932 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454662 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45203 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2932 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2932 | ||
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00218.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00449.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Change history (0)
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