cve-2011-4197
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-01-03 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 00:01
Severity ?
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0152.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/46780Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/77982
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51169
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71969
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/1379d66f11aaf72982a70287b83e24efcd18898e
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/87b4deb2b2dae9013e6aa0fe490d6a5a04a27894
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2011-001.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0152.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/46780Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/77982
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51169
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71969
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/1379d66f11aaf72982a70287b83e24efcd18898e
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/87b4deb2b2dae9013e6aa0fe490d6a5a04a27894
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2011-001.txt
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