Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 SSL Certificate cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0. This affects an unknown part of the component SSL Certificate. The manipulation results in cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2008-3270. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component SSL Certificate. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 does not verify the SSL certificate for a file download from a Red Hat Network (RHN) server, which makes it easier for remote man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of updates) or force the download and installation of official Red Hat packages that were not requested.

The bug was discovered 08/14/2008. The weakness was released 08/18/2008 as Bug 457113 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3270 since 07/24/2008. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33892 (RHEL 5 : yum-rhn-plugin (RHSA-2008:0815)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116036 (Red Hat Update for yum-rhn-plugin (RHSA-2008:0815-7)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44471), Tenable (33892), SecurityFocus (BID 30695†), OSVDB (47661†) and Secunia (SA31472†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 33892
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 : yum-rhn-plugin (RHSA-2008:0815)
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OpenVAS ID: 870098
OpenVAS Name: Rhino Software Serv-U SITE SET Command Denial Of Service vulnerability
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 457113
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3270 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3270
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43716

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X-Force: 44471
SecurityFocus: 30695 - Red Hat yum-rhn-plugin RHN Updates Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 31472 - Red Hat update for yum-rhn-plugin, Less Critical
OSVDB: 47661 - CVE-2008-3270 - Red Hat - RHEL - Man in the Middle Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020698
Vulnerability Center: 19167 - Red Hat yum-rhn-plugin Improper Validation of SSL Certificates Allows Spoofing, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 05/26/2025 22:52
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (82), 08/15/2019 17:21 (5), 05/26/2025 22:52 (18)
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