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TI-2008-02803 Aliases CVE-2008-2929GHSA-p2p9-vhrp-wv8p

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the adminutil library in the…

Priority LOW 23CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-79.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.017 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 9

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fedora:directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableFedora
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp1VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp2VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp3VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp4VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp5VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1 sp6VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:8.0:el4:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0 el4VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:8.0:el5:*:*:*:*:*:*8.0 el5VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:fedora:directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Fedora
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp1 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp2 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp3 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp4 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp5 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:7.1:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 sp6 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:8.0:el4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 el4 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:8.0:el5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.0 el5 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2008:0596 Released 2008-08-27 · Red Hat rating Critical
    Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 Service Pack 7 security update
    • RHEL 4 Directory Server AS redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL4, redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL4.i386
    • RHEL 4 Directory Server ES redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL4, redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL4.i386
    • Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 (for AS v. 3) redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL3, redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL3.i386
    • Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 (for ES v. 3) redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL3, redhat-ds-7.1SP7-14.RHEL3.i386
  • RHSA-2008:0601 Released 2008-08-27 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    adminutil security update
    • Red Hat Directory Server 8 (for RHEL 5 Server) adminutil-1.1.7-3.el5dsrv, adminutil-1.1.7-3.el5dsrv.i386, adminutil-devel-1.1.7-3.el5dsrv +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
RHEL 4 Directory Server ASFixed RHSA-2008:0596
RHEL 4 Directory Server ESFixed RHSA-2008:0596
Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 (for AS v. 3)Fixed RHSA-2008:0596
Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 (for ES v. 3)Fixed RHSA-2008:0596
Red Hat Directory Server 8 (for RHEL 5 Server)Fixed RHSA-2008:0601
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for AS v. 4)
  • Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 (for ES v. 4)

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-2929
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p2p9-vhrp-wv8p

References

Patch 1

Advisory 5

Other 3

Sources

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