CVE-2012-4556

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-4556
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-04 22:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe token processing system (pki-tps) in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) before 8.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Apache httpd web server child process restart) via certain unspecified empty search fields in a user certificate search query.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Certificate System 7.1 All All All
Application Redhat Certificate System 7.2 All All All
Application Redhat Certificate System 7.3 All All All
Application Redhat Certificate System 8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Certificate System 8.1 All All All
Application Redhat Certificate System All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
869579 – (CVE-2012-4556) CVE-2012-4556 pki-tps: Connection reset when performing empty certificate search in TPS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Certificate System Multiple Cross-Site Scripting and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Certificate System Flaws Permit Cross-Site Scripting and Denial of Service Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Security Advisory SA51482 - Red Hat update for pki - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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