CVE-2008-2929

Description

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.63%
Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31612 third party advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01532861 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/release-notes/7.1SP7/index.html patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/31702 third party advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0601.html vendor advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0596.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454621
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44737 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2480 vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00218.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00449.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30870 vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/31777 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31565 third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020772 vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5877 vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2929?
CVE-2008-2929 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2929?
To fix CVE-2008-2929, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-2929 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2008-2929 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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