Vulnerability in Pfsense

CVE-2011-4197

etc/inc/certs.inc in the PKI implementation in pfSense before 2.0.1 creates each X.509 certificate with a true value for the CA basic constraint, which allows remote attackers to create sub-certificates for arbitrary subjects by leveraging the private key.

EPSS: 0.020 (78.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Pfsense — versions 1.0.x, 1.2.1, 1.2.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References