CVE-2008-3249

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.1 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-07-21

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-255

Affected products

• Thinkvantage System Update (Lenovo)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/30379
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020112
• http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-01.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492579
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29366
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42638