CVE-2012-4523

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-11-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

radsecproxy before 1.6.1 does not properly verify certificates when there are configuration blocks with CA settings that are unrelated to the block being used for verifying the certificate chain, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and spoof clients.

Affected products

uninett Radsecproxy: through 1.6; 1.0, 1.0-alpha, 1.0-alpha-p1, 1.0-p1, 1.1, 1.1-alpha (+10)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/51251
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2573
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/31/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56105
https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/radsecproxy/2012-09/msg00001.html
https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/radsecproxy/2012-09/msg00006.html
https://project.nordu.net/browse/RADSECPROXY-43
http://secunia.com/advisories/51251
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2573
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/31/6

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