CVE-2008-2929

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2929
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-29 18:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fedora Directory Server All All All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 7.1 sp1 All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 7.1 sp2 All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 7.1 sp3 All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 7.1 sp4 All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 7.1 sp5 All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 7.1 sp6 All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 8.0 el4 All All
Application Redhat Directory Server 8.0 el5 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Fedora update for adminutil - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20000.www2.hp.com
Red Hat update for adminutil - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Directory Server Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
HP-UX update for Netscape / Red Hat Directory Server - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: adminutil-1.1.7-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: adminutil-1.1.7-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Bug 454621 – CVE-2008-2929 Directory Server: multiple XSS issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Red Hat Directory Server Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Directory Server Administration Express and Directory Server Gateway Input Validation Hole Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
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