CVE-2008-1676

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

Red Hat PKI Common Framework (rhpki-common) in Red Hat Certificate System (aka Certificate Server or RHCS) 7.1 through 7.3, and Netscape Certificate Management System 6.x, does not recognize Certificate Authority profile constraints on Extensions, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions and conduct man-in-the-middle attacks by submitting a certificate signing request (CSR) and using the resulting certificate.

Affected products

Netscape Certificate Management System: through 6.2; 6.0, 6.01, 6.1

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0500.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0577.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30062
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020427
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445227
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43573
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0500.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0577.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30062
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020427

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