PT-2013-1688 · Apache+1 · Apache Httpd+1

Patrick Raspante + 1 · Published 2013-01-04 · Updated 2013-01-15 · CVE-2012-4556

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Certificate System versions prior to 8.1.3

Description The issue affects the token processing system in Red Hat Certificate System, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This is achieved by sending certain unspecified empty search fields in a user certificate search query, which can lead to the restart of the Apache httpd web server child process.

Recommendations For versions prior to 8.1.3, update to version 8.1.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4556

RHSA-2012:1550

Affected Products

Apache Httpd

Red Hat Certificate System

References · 6

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1550.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4556 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51482 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869579 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56843 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027846 · Note