Is CVE-2008-2943 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-2943 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2943?

CVE-2008-2943 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-2943

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.0EPSS 2.4%EU EUVD

Double free vulnerability in IBM Tivoli Directory Server (TDS) 6.1.0.0 through 6.1.0.15 allows remote authenticated administrators to cause a denial of service (ABEND) and possibly execute arbitrary code by using ldapadd to attempt to create a duplicate ibm-globalAdminGroup LDAP database entry. NOTE: the vendor states "There is no real risk of a vulnerability," although there are likely scenarios in which a user is allowed to make administrative LDAP requests but does not have the privileges to stop the server.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-399
EPSS score: 2.4% (84th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-2934)
Published: June 30, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2934 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

ibm / tivoli directory server
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Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

IBM Tivoli Directory Server version 6.1 - IBM Informationssysteme Deutschland GmbH - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0428-2008 - archived

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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