Because this vulnerability, a remote user can
cause a buffer overflow in help buttons
of the administration pages. To achieve this, the attacker must send a request-specific
created for this end-to
Management Console (Management Console).
In practice, those who
get advantage of this security issue can, except for Unix systems
-run code on vulnerable systems. In certain situations
a local attacker can get
administrator permissions.
In Red Hat Directory Server and
vulnerability has been resolved in Service Pack 1, which can be downloaded from Red Hat Network
and whose installation is recommended that users of affected computers
.