Red Hat Dogtag Certificate System up to 1.0 verifyProof improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Red Hat Dogtag Certificate System up to 1.0. The affected element is the function verifyProof. This manipulation causes improper authentication. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2008-5082. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Dogtag Certificate System up to 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function verifyProof. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The verifyProof function in the Token Processing System (TPS) component in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) 7.1 through 7.3 and Dogtag Certificate System 1.0 returns successfully even when token enrollment did not use the hardware key, which allows remote authenticated users with enrollment privileges to bypass intended authentication policies by performing enrollment with a software key.

The bug was discovered 01/29/2009. The weakness was published 01/30/2009 with Red Hat (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5082 since 11/14/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 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 (48331), SecurityFocus (BID 33508†), OSVDB (53897†), Secunia (SA33693†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-21013†). Similar entries are available at VDB-45957 and VDB-45956. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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11/14/2008 🔍
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Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: rhn.redhat.com
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-5082 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5082
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46195
X-Force: 48331
SecurityFocus: 33508 - Red Hat Certificate System Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 33693
OSVDB: 53897 - Red Hat - Certificate System - Security Bypass Issue
Vulnerability Center: 21013 - Red Hat Certificate System 7.1 Through 7.3 Remote Bypass Intended Authentication Policies, Medium
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 (59), 08/28/2019 09:03 (7), 05/31/2025 15:06 (18)
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