CVE-2008-3249 (GCVE-0-2008-3249)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-07-21 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:28
VLAI?
Summary
The client in Lenovo System Update before 3.14 does not properly validate the certificate when establishing an SSL connection, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary packages via an SSL certificate whose X.509 headers match a public certificate used by IBM.
Severity ?
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CWE
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Assigner
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/30379 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SEC… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29366 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492579 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020112 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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