CVE-2012-4566 (GCVE-0-2012-4566)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-20 00:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:17
VLAI
Summary
The DTLS support in radsecproxy before 1.6.2 does not properly verify certificates when there are configuration blocks with CA settings that are unrelated to the block being used for verifying the certificate chain, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and spoof clients, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4523.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1091 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/radsecpro… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/51251 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/31/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2573 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/radsecpro… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://git.nordu.net/?p=radsecproxy.git%3Ba=commi… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T20:42:54.657Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "name": "[radsecproxy] 20121025 Radsecproxy 1.6.1 is out",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/radsecproxy/2012-10/msg00001.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "51251",
            "tags": [
              "third-party-advisory",
              "x_refsource_SECUNIA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51251"
          },
          {
            "name": "[oss-security] 20121031 Re: Re: CVE request: radsecproxy incorrect x.509 certificate validation",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/31/6"
          },
          {
            "name": "DSA-2573",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_DEBIAN",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2573"
          },
          {
            "name": "[radsecproxy] 20120913 Radsecproxy is mixing up pre- and post-TLS-handshake client verification",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/radsecproxy/2012-09/msg00001.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "[oss-security] 20121017 CVE request: radsecproxy incorrect x.509 certificate validation",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/7"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://git.nordu.net/?p=radsecproxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3682c935facf5ccd7fa600644bbb76957155c680"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "The DTLS support in radsecproxy before 1.6.2 does not properly verify certificates when there are configuration blocks with CA settings that are unrelated to the block being used for verifying the certificate chain, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and spoof clients, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4523."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2012-11-20T00:00:00.000Z",
        "orgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
        "shortName": "redhat"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "[radsecproxy] 20121025 Radsecproxy 1.6.1 is out",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/radsecproxy/2012-10/msg00001.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "51251",
          "tags": [
            "third-party-advisory",
            "x_refsource_SECUNIA"
          ],
          "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51251"
        },
        {
          "name": "[oss-security] 20121031 Re: Re: CVE request: radsecproxy incorrect x.509 certificate validation",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/31/6"
        },
        {
          "name": "DSA-2573",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_DEBIAN"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2573"
        },
        {
          "name": "[radsecproxy] 20120913 Radsecproxy is mixing up pre- and post-TLS-handshake client verification",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/radsecproxy/2012-09/msg00001.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "[oss-security] 20121017 CVE request: radsecproxy incorrect x.509 certificate validation",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/7"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "http://git.nordu.net/?p=radsecproxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3682c935facf5ccd7fa600644bbb76957155c680"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com",
          "ID": "CVE-2012-4566",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "n/a",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "n/a"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "The DTLS support in radsecproxy before 1.6.2 does not properly verify certificates when there are configuration blocks with CA settings that are unrelated to the block being used for verifying the certificate chain, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and spoof clients, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4523."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "n/a"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "[radsecproxy] 20121025 Radsecproxy 1.6.1 is out",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/radsecproxy/2012-10/msg00001.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "51251",
              "refsource": "SECUNIA",
              "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51251"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20121031 Re: Re: CVE request: radsecproxy incorrect x.509 certificate validation",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/31/6"
            },
            {
              "name": "DSA-2573",
              "refsource": "DEBIAN",
              "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2573"
            },
            {
              "name": "[radsecproxy] 20120913 Radsecproxy is mixing up pre- and post-TLS-handshake client verification",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/radsecproxy/2012-09/msg00001.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20121017 CVE request: radsecproxy incorrect x.509 certificate validation",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/7"
            },
            {
              "name": "http://git.nordu.net/?p=radsecproxy.git;a=commit;h=3682c935facf5ccd7fa600644bbb76957155c680",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "http://git.nordu.net/?p=radsecproxy.git;a=commit;h=3682c935facf5ccd7fa600644bbb76957155c680"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
    "assignerShortName": "redhat",
    "cveId": "CVE-2012-4566",
    "datePublished": "2012-11-20T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2012-08-21T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-09-16T16:17:34.024Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "epss": {
      "cve": "CVE-2012-4566",
      "date": "2026-11-05",
      "epss": "0.01499",
      "percentile": "0.74345"
    },
    "nvd": {
      "cve": {
        "configurations": [
          {
            "nodes": [
              {
                "cpeMatch": [
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "D7159418-645F-413E-89D2-EC6EA5544330",
                    "versionEndIncluding": "1.6.1",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "C4CBC2D4-9F6A-45BE-B140-8352A3BC39DA",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "C16B610A-1827-4C4E-828E-14E7941E8670",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.0:alpha-p1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "DFAFCCC6-D0EE-4B7A-8DF2-315B36B1FF81",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "EC0A8D36-6EC2-419F-B3C8-6642FE16A8DA",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "DDA9FD53-D9FE-43BF-B387-4098770192A1",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "624FD1B7-C746-4C40-9690-0406298ABBD6",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "CE4446A8-E7FD-4138-9576-F96E7D9D6947",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "1ED032C3-4C5F-4F15-81BD-0C252F8C1CE0",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.3:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "9B2E1ACF-81C6-4829-9027-144E87CF78D9",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "A216CB0E-C26B-4BDE-9EEE-0608CADB8D93",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "6707C32A-F4ED-458C-A4FA-5AAAB3CD6725",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "B7610379-66F9-4F1F-B49E-36E8463CFE44",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "E5D6012D-16D2-46D3-B611-CE792B9C1194",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "CD5B48A8-25E5-4628-B0B7-21DE24E2458D",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "E63FF14F-C923-4375-98A6-C630F886562A",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "D71552E9-B6A1-4772-8D91-5AD0BCD8BF9B",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:radsecproxy:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "0022B1B1-1D1C-49F9-BF02-745B1ED33398",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  }
                ],
                "negate": false,
                "operator": "OR"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "cveTags": [],
        "descriptions": [
          {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "The DTLS support in radsecproxy before 1.6.2 does not properly verify certificates when there are configuration blocks with CA settings that are unrelated to the block being used for verifying the certificate chain, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and spoof clients, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-4523."
          },
          {
            "lang": "es",
            "value": "El soporte DTLS en radsecproxy antes de v1.6.2 no verifica correctamente certificados cuando hay bloques de configuraci\u00f3n con la configuraci\u00f3n de CA que no est\u00e1n relacionados con el bloque que est\u00e1 siendo utilizado para comprobar la cadena de certificados, lo que podr\u00eda permitir a atacantes remotos evitar las restricciones de acceso previstas y suplantar clientes, una vulnerabilidad diferente a CVE-2012-4523."
          }
        ],
        "id": "CVE-2012-4566",
        "lastModified": "2026-04-29T01:13:23.040",
        "metrics": {
          "cvssMetricV2": [
            {
              "acInsufInfo": false,
              "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
              "cvssData": {
                "accessComplexity": "LOW",
                "accessVector": "NETWORK",
                "authentication": "NONE",
                "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
                "baseScore": 6.4,
                "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
                "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
                "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N",
                "version": "2.0"
              },
              "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
              "impactScore": 4.9,
              "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
              "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
              "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
              "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
              "type": "Primary",
              "userInteractionRequired": false
            }
          ]
        },
        "published": "2012-11-20T00:55:01.260",
        "references": [
          {
            "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
            "url": "http://git.nordu.net/?p=radsecproxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3682c935facf5ccd7fa600644bbb76957155c680"
          },
          {
            "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
            "tags": [
              "Vendor Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51251"
          },
          {
            "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2573"
          },
          {
            "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
            "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/7"
          },
          {
            "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
            "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/31/6"
          },
          {
            "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
            "url": "https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/radsecproxy/2012-09/msg00001.html"
          },
          {
            "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
            "url": "https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/radsecproxy/2012-10/msg00001.html"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://git.nordu.net/?p=radsecproxy.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3682c935facf5ccd7fa600644bbb76957155c680"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
              "Vendor Advisory"
            ],
            "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51251"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2573"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/7"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/31/6"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/radsecproxy/2012-09/msg00001.html"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/radsecproxy/2012-10/msg00001.html"
          }
        ],
        "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com",
        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
        "weaknesses": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-264"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Drag nodes to arrange them. Double-click a related vulnerability to open it, or a source to visit its link. The Physics button on the left tunes the layout and the simulation; the legend at the bottom left hides or shows nodes by kind and by sighting type.

Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Vulnerability timeline

Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

JSON

Loading timeline…




    Related by attack behaviour

    Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.