CVE-2007-4994 Security feature bypass in n/a
Attackers with revoked certificates can bypass CRL checks due to race conditions during list generation, allowing unauthorized access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-4994?
CVE-2007-4994 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Nov 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Certificate Server 7.2 in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) does not properly handle new revocations that occur while a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) is being generated, which might prevent certain revoked certificates from appearing on the CRL quickly and allow users with revoked certificates to bypass the intended CRL.
Weakness: CWE-255
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4994?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (6)
rhpki-ca Red Hat:certificate_system:7.2 | All versions | 0:7.2.0-4 |
rhpki-common Red Hat:certificate_system:7.2 | All versions | 0:7.2.0-8 |
rhpki-util Red Hat:certificate_system:7.2 | All versions | 0:7.2.0-4 |
rhpki-ca Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3 | All versions | 0:7.3.0-11.el4 |
rhpki-common Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3 | All versions | 0:7.3.0-34.el4 |
rhpki-util Red Hat:certificate_system:7.3 | All versions | 0:7.3.0-18.el4 |
Products include Redhat Certificate Server.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4994?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2007-4994 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-4994 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-25hg-rr9r-5w7v, RHSA-2007:0934, RHSA-2008:0566.