PT-2014-2515 · Red Hat · Dogtag Certificate System+1

Vincent Danen · Published 2014-01-24 · Updated 2015-08-26 · CVE-2013-1886

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Certificate System versions 8.1 Dogtag Certificate System versions 9 and 10

Description The issue is related to a format string vulnerability in the token processing system, which can be exploited by remote authenticated users. This vulnerability can cause a denial of service, resulting in a system crash, and potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability is triggered by format string specifiers in unspecified vectors when viewing certificates.

Recommendations For Red Hat Certificate System version 8.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Dogtag Certificate System versions 9 and 10, consider restricting access to the certificate viewing functionality until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the token processing system in the affected versions until a patch is available.

Fix

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1886

RHSA-2013:0856

Affected Products

Dogtag Certificate System

Red Hat Certificate System

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1886 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0856.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=924870 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1029685 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/93613 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/60085 · Note