CVE-2011-4197

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4197
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-01-03 19:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
pfSense Cross Site Scripting and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2011-001.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustmatta.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/77982 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/87b4deb2b2dae9013e6aa0fe490d6a5a0... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/1379d66f11aaf72982a70287b83e24efc... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0152.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
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