National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1676

Overview

Red Hat PKI Common Framework (rhpki-common) in Red Hat Certificate System (aka Certificate Server or RHCS) 7.1 through 7.3, and Netscape Certificate Management System 6.x, does not recognize Certificate Authority profile constraints on Extensions, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions and conduct man-in-the-middle attacks by submitting a certificate signing request (CSR) and using the resulting certificate.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0577

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0577.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0500

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0500.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445227

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445227

External Source: XF

Name: rhcs-rhpkicommon-csr-security-bypass(43573)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43573

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020427

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020427

External Source: BID

Name: 30062

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30062

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30929

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30929