CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3270
2.6 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-08-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.6 LOW — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-310
Description
yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 does not verify the SSL certificate for a file download from a Red Hat Network (RHN) server, which makes it easier for remote man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of updates) or force the download and installation of official Red Hat packages that were not requested.
Affected configurations
• redhat enterprise linux 5.0
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31472 secunia.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020698 securitytracker.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0815.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30695 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457113 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10864 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31472 secunia.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020698 securitytracker.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0815.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30695 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457113 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10864 oval.cisecurity.org