CVE-2008-3249
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jul 21, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jul 21, 2008
Description
The client in Lenovo System Update before 3.14 does not properly validate the certificate when establishing an SSL connection, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary packages via an SSL certificate whose X.509 headers match a public certificate used by IBM.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 30379third-party-advisory
- http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-01.txt
- 29366vdb-entry
- 20080525 SECOBJADV-2008-01: Lenovo SystemUpdate SSL Certificate Issuer Spoofing Vulnerabilitymailing-list
- ibm-thinkvantage-ssl-spoofing(42638)vdb-entry
- 1020112vdb-entry
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