CVE-2017-7509

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An input validation error was found in Red Hat Certificate System's handling of client provided certificates before 8.1.20-1. If the certreq field is not present in a certificate an assertion error is triggered causing a denial of service.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Certificate System	pki-common-8.1.20-1

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039248Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2560Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7509Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039248Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2560Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7509Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 26, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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