Red Hat 'redhat-ds-admin' Shell Command Injection and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

BID:28802

Info

Red Hat 'redhat-ds-admin' Shell Command Injection and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 28802
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2008-0892
CVE-2008-0893
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 15 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 06 2008 11:55PM
Credit: Richard Megginson
Vulnerable: Redhat Directory Server 8 EL 5
Redhat Directory Server 8 EL 4
Redhat Directory Server 7.1 SP4
Redhat Directory Server 7.1 SP3
Redhat Directory Server 7.1 SP2
Redhat Directory Server 7.1 SP1
Redhat Directory Server 7.1
HP HP-UX B.11.31
HP HP-UX B.11.23
HP HP-UX B.11.11
Not Vulnerable: Redhat Directory Server 7.1 SP5

Discussion

Red Hat 'redhat-ds-admin' Shell Command Injection and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

The 'redhat-ds-admin' application is prone to a command-injection issue and security-bypass issues that affect the Administration Server.

Attackers with access to the replication monitor web page can exploit the command-injection issue to execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the Administration Server. Remote unauthenticated attackers can use the security-bypass vulnerabilities to access potentially sensitive information or perform certain unauthorized actions.

Note that combining the vulnerabilities would allow remote unauthorized attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Administration Server.

NOTE: In default configurations, the Administration Server runs as unprivileged user 'nobody'.

These issues affect 'redhat-ds-admin' used with Red Hat Directory Server 8.

Exploit / POC

Red Hat 'redhat-ds-admin' Shell Command Injection and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Attackers can use readily available tools to launch attacks.

Solution / Fix

Red Hat 'redhat-ds-admin' Shell Command Injection and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and updates. Please see the references for more information.

References

Red Hat 'redhat-ds-admin' Shell Command Injection and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

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