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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:0601 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2008-08-27
Updated:
2008-08-27

RHSA-2008:0601 - Security Advisory

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Synopsis

Moderate: adminutil security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An updated adminutil package that fixes a security issue is now available
for Red Hat Directory Server 8.0.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

Red Hat Directory Server is an LDAPv3-compliant server. The adminutil
packages is collection of function libraries used to administer directory
servers, usually in conjunction with the Administration Server.

The Directory Server Administration Express web interface incorrectly
parsed %-escaped user provided values. A remote attacker could use this
flaw to conduct cross-site scripting attacks against directory server
administrators using the Administration Express web interface.
(CVE-2008-2929)

All users of Red Hat Directory Server should upgrade to this updated
adminutil packages, which resolve this issue.

Solution

This update is available via Red Hat Network.

Users running Red Hat Directory Server 8 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux should
consult the following Knowledge Base article for instruction on how to
install updated RPM packages: http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Users running Red Hat Directory Server 8 on Solaris can download updated
Solaris packages in the PKG format form the Red Hat Directory Server 8.0
Solaris channel on the Red Hat Network. Those packages need to be
installed/upgraded using Solaris native package management tools.

See also Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 Installation Guide for installation
instructions: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/dir-server/install/8.0/

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Directory Server 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Directory Server 8 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 454621 - CVE-2008-2929 Directory Server: multiple XSS issues

CVEs

  • CVE-2008-2929

References

  • http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Directory Server 8

SRPM
adminutil-1.1.7-3.el5dsrv.src.rpm SHA-256: ddb9fe7db21498f99ab8bbc843fdc8206872e956a5c69a5f80e0aeff13dffde4
x86_64
adminutil-1.1.7-3.el5dsrv.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 99d9e1821f3c805087403c595435b558bb1ab19d124f6a7553dc822936c78ed9
adminutil-devel-1.1.7-3.el5dsrv.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a90c089acabb0c5253cc4f0af46f432a0b763d336693fcc288cedceae3267b3c
i386
adminutil-1.1.7-3.el5dsrv.i386.rpm SHA-256: 56d58ee2a96f8389ccc90a15fc364a6a8bd30027ce3b8327679d8545a6c9eff9
adminutil-devel-1.1.7-3.el5dsrv.i386.rpm SHA-256: 4cb96e83d954605d6a878f7d74db4179d10393902ecdf16cc4327caf75a119b7

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.

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