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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Directory Server 8 | adminutil +1 | 1.1.7-3.el5dsrv | RHSA-2008:0601 |
| Red Hat Directory Server 7 | redhat-ds | 7.1SP7-14.RHEL4 | RHSA-2008:0596 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2008:0596 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 Service Pack 7 security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
- RHSA-2008:0601 Red Hat Security Advisory: adminutil security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
References
- 31612 third-party-advisory
- SSRT080113 vendor-advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/release-notes/7.1SP7/index.html
- 31702 third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0601 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0596 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454621
- rhds-dsgw-dsae-xss(44737) vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-2480 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-7642 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-7339 vendor-advisory
- 30870 vdb-entry
- 31777 third-party-advisory
- 31565 third-party-advisory
- 1020772 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5877 vdb-entry signature