Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 Installer credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Red Hat Certificate System 7.2. Affected is an unknown function of the component Installer. Performing a manipulation results in credentials management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-2368. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Red Hat Certificate System 7.2. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Installer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 stores passwords in cleartext in the UserDirEnrollment log, the RA wizard installer log, and unspecified other debug log files, and uses weak permissions for these files, which allows local users to discover passwords by reading the files.

The bug was discovered 01/15/2009. The weakness was disclosed 01/20/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-2368 since 05/21/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116166 (Red Hat Update for rhpki (RHSA-2009:0007)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48022), SecurityFocus (BID 33288†), OSVDB (53458†), Secunia (SA33540†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021608†). The entries VDB-46195 and VDB-45956 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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05/21/2008 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: rhn.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2368 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2368
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45957
X-Force: 48022
SecurityFocus: 33288 - Red Hat Certificate System Multiple Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33540
OSVDB: 53458 - CVE-2008-2368 - Red Hat - Certificate System - Information Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021608
Vulnerability Center: 21012 - Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 Local Passwords Disclosure by Reading Files with Weak Permissions, Low
Vupen: ADV-2009-0145

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/31/2025 15:06
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (57), 08/28/2019 08:53 (11), 05/31/2025 15:06 (18)
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