CVE - CVE-2011-4197

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-4197	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
etc/inc/certs.inc in the PKI implementation in pfSense before 2.0.1 creates each X.509 certificate with a true value for the CA basic constraint, which allows remote attackers to create sub-certificates for arbitrary subjects by leveraging the private key.
References
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BID:51169 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51169 BUGTRAQ:20111222 [MATTA-2011-001] pfSense x509 Insecure Certificate Creation URL:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0152.html CONFIRM:https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/1379d66f11aaf72982a70287b83e24efcd18898e CONFIRM:https://github.com/bsdperimeter/pfsense/commit/87b4deb2b2dae9013e6aa0fe490d6a5a04a27894 MISC:https://www.trustmatta.com/advisories/MATTA-2011-001.txt OSVDB:77982 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/77982~~ (Obsolete source) SECUNIA:46780 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/46780 XF:pfsense-x509-security-bypass(71969) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71969
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20111026	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 (20111026)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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