CVE-2008-5082

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 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: 2009-01-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The verifyProof function in the Token Processing System (TPS) component in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) 7.1 through 7.3 and Dogtag Certificate System 1.0 returns successfully even when token enrollment did not use the hardware key, which allows remote authenticated users with enrollment privileges to bypass intended authentication policies by performing enrollment with a software key.

Affected products

RedHat Dogtag Certificate System: 1.0
Red Hat Certificate System: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33693
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33508
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0145
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475998
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48331
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33693
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33508
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0145
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475998
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48331
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0007.html

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