What is CVE-2017-7509?

CVE-2017-7509 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Certificate System, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2018-07-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-7509?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Red Hat Certificate System

CVE-2017-7509

An input validation error was found in Red Hat Certificate System's handling of client provided certificates before 8.1.20-1. If the certreq field is not present in a certificate an assertion error is triggered causing a denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Red Hat Certificate System — versions pki-common-8.1.20-1
Redhat Certificate_system

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7509?: CVE-2017-7509 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Certificate System, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2018-07-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-7509?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.