FKIE_CVE-2008-2929

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-08-29 18:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:54
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Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the adminutil library in the Directory Server Administration Express and Directory Server Gateway (DSGW) web interface in Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7 and 8 EL4 and EL5, and Fedora Directory Server, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via input values that use % (percent) escaping.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01532861
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31565
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31612
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31702
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/31777
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1020772
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/release-notes/7.1SP7/index.htmlPatch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30870Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2480
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454621
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44737
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5877
secalert@redhat.comhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0601.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00218.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00449.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01532861
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31565
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31612
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31702
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31777
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1020772
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/release-notes/7.1SP7/index.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30870Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2480
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454621
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44737
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5877
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0601.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00218.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00449.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fedora directory_server *
redhat directory_server 7.1
redhat directory_server 7.1
redhat directory_server 7.1
redhat directory_server 7.1
redhat directory_server 7.1
redhat directory_server 7.1
redhat directory_server 8.0
redhat directory_server 8.0
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