CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-0555
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-04-04
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20, CWE-287
Description
The ExpandCert function in Apache-SSL before apache_1.3.41+ssl_1.59 does not properly handle (1) '/' and (2) '=' characters in a Distinguished Name (DN) in a client certificate, which might allow remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted DN that triggers overwriting of environment variables.
Affected configurations
• apache-ssl apache-ssl 1.3.34 1.57
Related
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29644 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3797 securityreason.com
- http://www.apache-ssl.org/advisory-cve-2008-0555.txt Exploit
- http://www.cynops.de/advisories/CVE-2008-0555.txt Exploit
- http://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-005-apache-ssl.txt Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490386/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28576 Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019784 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1079/references www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41618 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29644 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3797 securityreason.com
- http://www.apache-ssl.org/advisory-cve-2008-0555.txt Exploit
- http://www.cynops.de/advisories/CVE-2008-0555.txt Exploit
- http://www.klink.name/security/aklink-sa-2008-005-apache-ssl.txt Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490386/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28576 Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019784 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1079/references www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41618 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com