CVE-2005-3269
Stack-based buffer overflow in help.cgi in the HTTP administrative interface for (1) Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 2003Q4, 2004Q2,…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in help.cgi in the HTTP administrative interface for (1) Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 2003Q4, 2004Q2, and 2005Q1, (2) Red Hat Directory Server and (3) Certificate Server before 7.1 SP1, (4) Sun ONE Directory Server 5.1 SP4 and earlier, and (5) Sun ONE Administration Server 5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (admin server crash), or local users to gain root privileges.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
17
- 1015538 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20051006 High Risk Vulnerability in Sun Directory Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 15013 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1015536 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 18590 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 367 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 16345 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 102002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 51 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- redhat-directory-admin-bo(24311) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 17092 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1015014 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2005-1988 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060122 High Risk Vulnerability in Red Hat Directory Server and Red Hat Certificate Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1015537 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 228419 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-117665-03-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-3268 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-3269)Record last updated .