CVE-2011-4197
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 3, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 26, 2011
Description
etc/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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 51169vdb-entry
- https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/87b4deb2b2dae9013e6aa0fe490d6a5a04a27894
- https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/1379d66f11aaf72982a70287b83e24efcd18898e
- 20111222 [MATTA-2011-001] pfSense x509 Insecure Certificate Creationmailing-list
- https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2011-001.txt
- pfsense-x509-security-bypass(71969)vdb-entry
- 77982vdb-entry
- 46780third-party-advisory
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