CVE-2008-3249 Information

Description

The client in Lenovo System Update before 3.14 does not properly validate the certificate when establishing an SSL connection which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary packages via an SSL certificate whose X.509 headers match a public certificate used by IBM.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/30379 http://securitytracker.com/id?1020112 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492579 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29366 http://www.security-objectives.com/advisories/SECOBJADV-2008-01.txt https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42638