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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.0

CVE-2008-5082 json

The verifyProof function in the Token Processing System (TPS) component in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) 7.1 through 7.3 and Dogtag Cer…

published 2009-01-30 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5061

cvss
6.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • pkisetup certificate system 7.3 7.3.0-14.el4
  • rhpki-ca certificate system 7.3 7.3.0-17.el4
  • rhpki-ra certificate system 7.3 7.3.0-67.el4
  • rhpki-kra certificate system 7.3 7.3.0-13.el4
  • rhpki-tks certificate system 7.3 7.3.0-12.el4
  • rhpki-tps certificate system 7.3 7.3.0-23.el4
  • rhpki-ocsp certificate system 7.3 7.3.0-11.el4
  • rhpki-util certificate system 7.3 7.3.0-20.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0007

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-5082 updated

System: missing public key challenge proof verification in the TPS component

  • Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4AS pkisetup 7.3.0-14.el4, rhpki-ca 7.3.0-17.el4, rhpki-ra 7.3.0-67.el4, rhpki-kra 7.3.0-13.el4, rhpki-tks 7.3.0-12.el4, rhpki-tps 7.3.0-23.el4, +3 more Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4ES pkisetup 7.3.0-14.el4, rhpki-ca 7.3.0-17.el4, rhpki-ra 7.3.0-67.el4, rhpki-kra 7.3.0-13.el4, rhpki-tks 7.3.0-12.el4, rhpki-tps 7.3.0-23.el4, +3 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0007

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Exploit prediction

0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.