Auth bypass in Red Hat Certificate System
CVE-2008-5082
The verifyProof function in the Token Processing System (TPS) component in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) 7.1 through 7.3 and Dogtag Certificate System 1.0 returns successfully even when token enrollment did not use the hardware key, which allows remote authenticated users with enrollment privileges to bypass intended authentication policies by performing enrollment with a software key.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (55.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Certificate System — versions 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
- Red Hat Dogtag Certificate System — versions 1.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/33508 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48331 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0145 (vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0007.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/33693 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)