CVE-2008-3270
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (yum-rhn-plugin) | RHSA-2008:0815 | 2008-08-14 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Justin Cappos and Justin Samuel for discussing various package update mechanism flaws which led to our discovery of this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation