# CVE-2008-3283: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory leaks in authentication and anonymous search requests, affecting Red Hat and Fedora Directory Server.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 29 Aug 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** CVE-2008-3284, CVE-2008-3518, GHSA-vxv8-22w3-3cgm

## What is CVE-2008-3283?

CVE-2008-3283 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Aug 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3283?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fedora Directory Server, Redhat Directory Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-3283?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2008-3283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2008-2930](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2930/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2008-2929](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2929/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-3283 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-3283 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Aug 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3283/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3283/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3283
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3283
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3283

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