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TI-2008-02272 Aliases CVE-2008-2368GHSA-hj7g-ch5r-67hc

Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 stores passwords in cleartext in the UserDirEnrollment…

Priority LOW 11CWE-255Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 stores passwords in cleartext in the UserDirEnrollment log, the RA wizard installer log, and unspecified other debug log files, and uses weak permissions for these files, which allows local users to discover passwords by reading the files.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00243 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.2VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2009:0007 Released 2009-01-29 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    rhpki security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4AS pkisetup-7.3.0-14.el4, rhpki-ca-7.3.0-17.el4, rhpki-common-7.3.0-40.el4 +7
    • Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4ES pkisetup-7.3.0-14.el4, rhpki-ca-7.3.0-17.el4, rhpki-common-7.3.0-40.el4 +7
  • RHSA-2009:0006 Released 2009-01-15 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    rhpki security and bug fix update
    • Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 for 4AS pkisetup-7.2.0-7, rhpki-ca-7.2.0-6, rhpki-common-7.2.0-16 +5
    • Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 for 4ES pkisetup-7.2.0-7, rhpki-ca-7.2.0-6, rhpki-common-7.2.0-16 +5

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 for 4ASFixed RHSA-2009:0006
Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 for 4ESFixed RHSA-2009:0006
Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4ASFixed RHSA-2009:0007
Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4ESFixed RHSA-2009:0007

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-2368
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hj7g-ch5r-67hc

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • TI-2021-03479 Incorrect authorization in pki-core CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2013-01663 Format string vulnerability in the token processing system (pki-tps) in Red Hat… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2009-00565 agent/request/op.cgi in the Registration Authority (RA) component in Red Hat Certificate… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2017-05152 Improper input validation in Red Hat Certificate System CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2010-03674 Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) 7.3 and 8 and Dogtag Certificate System do not require… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8
  • TI-2008-04835 The verifyProof function in the Token Processing System (TPS) component in Red Hat… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.0
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Sources

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