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Fencer Vulns
low 2.1

CVE-2008-2367 json

Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 uses world-readable permissions for password.conf and unspecified other configuration files, which allows lo…

published 2009-01-20 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2363

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 uses world-readable permissions for password.conf and unspecified other configuration files, which allows local users to discover passwords by reading these files.

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-2009:0007RHSA-2009:0006

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-2008-2367 updated

System: insecure config file permissions

  • Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 for 4AS pkisetup 7.2.0-7, rhpki-ca 7.2.0-6, rhpki-kra 7.2.0-5, rhpki-tks 7.2.0-5, rhpki-tps 7.2.0-8, rhpki-ocsp 7.2.0-5, +1 more Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 for 4ES pkisetup 7.2.0-7, rhpki-ca 7.2.0-6, rhpki-kra 7.2.0-5, rhpki-tks 7.2.0-5, rhpki-tps 7.2.0-8, rhpki-ocsp 7.2.0-5, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0006
  • 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

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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.