CVE-2008-2929
published 2008-08-29CVE-2008-2929: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the adminutil library in the Directory Server Administration Express and Directory Server Gateway (DSGW)…
PriorityP419medium4.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCNIPAN
EPSS
1.70%
74.8th percentile
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.
Affected
3 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | adminutil | — | — |
| redhat | directory_server | — | — |
| redhat | directory_server | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-c7f8-wqfw-qhrr: Heap-based buffer overflow in Red Hat adminutil 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2008-2932 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 GHSA-c7f8-wqfw-qhrr: Heap-based buffer overflow in Red Hat adminutil 1
Heap-based buffer overflow in Red Hat adminutil 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via % (percent) encoded HTTP input to unspecified CGI scripts in Fedora Directory Server. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-2929.
GHSA
GHSA-p2p9-vhrp-wv8p: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the adminutil library in the Directory Server Administration Express and Directory Server Gatew
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01
CVE-2008-2929 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-p2p9-vhrp-wv8p: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the adminutil library in the Directory Server Administration Express and Directory Server Gatew
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.
Red Hat
lynx: remote arbitrary command execution via a crafted lynxcgi: URL
vendor_redhat·2008-10-09·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2008-4690 [HIGH] CWE-78 lynx: remote arbitrary command execution via a crafted lynxcgi: URL
lynx: remote arbitrary command execution via a crafted lynxcgi: URL
lynx 2.8.6dev.15 and earlier, when advanced mode is enabled and lynx is configured as a URL handler, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lynxcgi: URL, a related issue to CVE-2005-2929. NOTE: this might only be a vulnerability in limited deployments that have defined a lynxcgi: handler.
Red Hat
Server: multiple XSS issues
vendor_redhat·2008-08-27·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2008-2929 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 Server: multiple XSS issues
Server: multiple XSS issues
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.
Red Hat
Server: adminutil / CGI heap overflow
vendor_redhat·2008-08-27·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2008-2932 [MEDIUM] Server: adminutil / CGI heap overflow
Server: adminutil / CGI heap overflow
Heap-based buffer overflow in Red Hat adminutil 1.1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via % (percent) encoded HTTP input to unspecified CGI scripts in Fedora Directory Server. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-2929.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4690 lynx: remote arbitrary command execution via a crafted lynxcgi: URL
bugzilla·2008-10-23·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2008-4690 [HIGH] CVE-2008-4690 lynx: remote arbitrary command execution via a crafted lynxcgi: URL
CVE-2008-4690 lynx: remote arbitrary command execution via a crafted lynxcgi: URL
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-4690 to
the following vulnerability:
lynx 2.8.6dev.15 and earlier, when advanced mode is enabled and lynx
is configured as a URL handler, allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary commands via a crafted lynxcgi: URL, a related issue to
CVE-2005-2929. NOTE: this might only be a vulnerability in limited
deployments that have defined a lynxcgi: handler.
Affected Lynx versions: 2.8.6dev.15 and earlier
References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/09/2
Discussion:
The versions of Lynx currently shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4 and 5, and Fedora 8 and 9 have original patch for CVE-2005-2929 applied. Their cur
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-2929 Directory Server: multiple XSS issues
bugzilla·2008-07-09·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2008-2929 [MEDIUM] CVE-2008-2929 Directory Server: multiple XSS issues
CVE-2008-2929 Directory Server: multiple XSS issues
It was discovered that multiple CGI scripts used by Red Hat / Fedora Directory
Server did not properly sanitize %-escaped inputs, resulting in a possibility to
conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Issue was caused by a flow in an adminutil library that contain common
functionality used by multiple CGI scripts, such as affected GET / POST argument
parsing.
Issue is know to affect some Administration Express scripts and Directory Server
Gateway (DSGW) scripts.
Affected version:
Red Hat Directory Server 7.1
Red Hat Directory Server 8 (flaw limited to Administration Express issues, as
DSGW component is not shipped)
Fedora Directory Server
Discussion:
Lifting embargo.
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adminutil-1.1.7-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 sta
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2008-08-29
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