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fedora-ds-admin: privilege escalation and arbitrary command execution

Package(s):fedora-ds-admin CVE #(s):CVE-2008-0892 CVE-2008-0893
Created:April 22, 2008 Updated:April 23, 2008
Description: From the CVE entries:
The replication monitor CGI script (repl-monitor-cgi.pl) in Red Hat Administration Server, as used by Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 EL4 and EL5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Red Hat Administration Server, as used by Red Hat Directory Server 8.0 EL4 and EL5, does not properly restrict access to CGI scripts, which allows remote attackers to perform administrative actions.

Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2008-3214 2008-04-21
Fedora FEDORA-2008-3220 2008-04-21

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