Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-1676

Title: Redhat Certificate System

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-1676.

CWE Category CWE-255
Published Date Jul 07, 2008
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.26%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-1676: 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.

Impacted Vendors

R
redhat 1
N
netscape 1

Reference Links

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0500.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0577.html http://secunia.com/advisories/30929 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30062 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020427 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445227 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43573 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0500.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0577.html http://secunia.com/advisories/30929 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30062 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020427 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445227 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43573
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-1676 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.