CVE-2011-4197 (GCVE-0-2011-4197)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-01-03 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:01
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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