REDHAT-BUG-454621: XSS

First published: Wed Jul 09 2008(Updated: )

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

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