National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-3207
Original release date:09/22/2011
Last revised:08/14/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c in OpenSSL 1.0.x before 1.0.0e does not initialize certain structure members, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass CRL validation by using a nextUpdate value corresponding to a time in the past.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=21349
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=736087
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1026012
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2011:1409
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2011:137
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 45956
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://openssl.org/news/secadv_20110906.txt
Type: Advisory
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT100802
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBMU02752
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2011-12233
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2011-12281
Technical Details
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)