CVE-2008-1383

Severity

19%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

48%

The docert function in ssl-cert.eclass, when used by src_compile or src_install on Gentoo Linux, stores the SSL key in a binpkg, which allows local users to extract the key from the binpkg, and causes multiple systems that use this binpkg to have the same SSL key and certificate.

The docert function in ssl-cert.eclass, when used by src_compile or src_install on Gentoo Linux, stores the SSL key in a binpkg, which allows local users to extract the key from the binpkg, and causes multiple systems that use this binpkg to have the same SSL key and certificate.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 17 years ago

2008-03-18 22:44:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-08 01:30:00

Affected Software

Gentoo Linux

References

43479

29436

Vendor Advisory

GLSA-200803-30

28350

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174759

gentoo-docert-sslkey-weak-security(41336)

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