CVE - CVE-2008-3249

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-3249	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The client in Lenovo System Update before 3.14 does not properly validate the certificate when establishing an SSL connection, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary packages via an SSL certificate whose X.509 headers match a public certificate used by IBM.
References
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BID:29366 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29366 BUGTRAQ:20080525 SECOBJADV-2008-01: Lenovo SystemUpdate SSL Certificate Issuer Spoofing Vulnerability URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492579 MISC:http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-01.txt SECTRACK:1020112 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1020112 SECUNIA:30379 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30379 XF:ibm-thinkvantage-ssl-spoofing(42638) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42638
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080721	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080721)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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