CVE-2011-4197

Summary

CVECVE-2011-4197
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-01-03 19:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:30:00 UTC
Descriptionetc/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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pfsense Pfsense 1.0.x All All All
Application Pfsense Pfsense 1.2.1 All All All
Application Pfsense Pfsense 1.2.2 All All All
Application Pfsense Pfsense 1.2.3 All All All
Application Pfsense Pfsense 1.0.x All All All
Application Pfsense Pfsense 1.2.1 All All All
Application Pfsense Pfsense 1.2.2 All All All
Application Pfsense Pfsense 1.2.3 All All All
Application Pfsense Pfsense All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/1379d66f11aaf72982a70287b83e24efc... CONFIRM github.com
pfSense Cross Site Scripting and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
20111222 [MATTA-2011-001] pfSense x509 Insecure Certificate Creation BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com
github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/87b4deb2b2dae9013e6aa0fe490d6a5a0... CONFIRM github.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
77982 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2011-001.txt MISC www.trustmatta.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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