CVE-2008-3249

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

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.

Affected products

Lenovo Thinkvantage System Update: through 3.13.0005; 3.13

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30379
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020112
http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-01.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492579
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29366
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42638
http://secunia.com/advisories/30379
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020112
http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-01.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492579
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29366
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42638

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