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CVE-2008-3270

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-310

Description

yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 does not verify the SSL certificate for a file download from a Red Hat Network (RHN) server, which makes it easier for remote man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of updates) or force the download and installation of official Red Hat packages that were not requested.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 5.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31472
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020698
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0815.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30695
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457113
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10864
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31472
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020698
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0815.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30695
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457113
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10864

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