PT-2008-1084 · Red Hat · Yum-Rhn-Plugin+1

Published 2008-08-14 · Updated 2017-09-29 · CVE-2008-3270

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5

Description The issue concerns a lack of SSL certificate verification for file downloads from a Red Hat Network (RHN) server, making it easier for remote attackers to cause a denial of service or force the download and installation of official Red Hat packages that were not requested. This could lead to a disruption in the integrity of protected information. The exploitation of this issue can be done remotely.

Recommendations For Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, update the yum-rhn-plugin to a version that verifies SSL certificates for downloads from RHN servers. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to RHN servers to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-310

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-07746

CVE-2008-3270

RHSA-2008:0815

RHSA-2008_0815

Affected Products

Red Hat

Yum-Rhn-Plugin

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3270 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-07746 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0815.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30695 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020698 · Note
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0815.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10864 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3270 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457113 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0815 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31472 · Note