Unscored CVE-2008-3249 EUVD-2008-3237GHSA-m2pg-h6p9-9j46

The client in Lenovo System Update before 3.14 does not properly validate the certificate when establishing an SSL connection, which allows…

Published Jul 21, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

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.

References

30379 third-party-advisory
http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-01.txt
29366 vdb-entry
20080525 SECOBJADV-2008-01: Lenovo SystemUpdate SSL Certificate Issuer Spoofing Vulnerability mailing-list
ibm-thinkvantage-ssl-spoofing(42638) vdb-entry
1020112 vdb-entry