CVE-2008-5082
The verifyProof function in the Token Processing System (TPS) component in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) 7.1 through 7.3 and Dogtag Certificate System 1.0 returns successfully even when token enrollment did not use the hardware key, which allows remote authenticated users with enrollment privileges to bypass intended authentication policies by performing enrollment with a software key.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 0.8% (56th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5061)
- Published
- January 30, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5061 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / certificate system
- redhat / certificate system
- redhat / certificate system
- redhat / dogtag certificate system
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33693(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33508
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0145
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475998
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48331
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0007.html(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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