CVE-2007-4994 (GCVE-0-2007-4994)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-11-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:17
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1129 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3406 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/27557 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://osvdb.org/40440 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3405 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26377 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0566.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020532 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-09… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2007-10-08 00:00
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