CVE-2008-0892

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

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.

Affected products

RedHat Directory Server: 7.1, 8-el4, 8-el5
RedHat Fedora Directory Server: all versions

References

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01433676
http://secunia.com/advisories/29761
http://secunia.com/advisories/29826
http://secunia.com/advisories/30114
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0199.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0201.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28802
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019856
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1449/references
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=437301
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41840
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00380.html

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