CVE-2008-3270 Information

Description

yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 does not verify the SSL certificate for a file download from a Red Hat Network (RHN) server which makes it easier for remote man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of updates) or force the download and installation of official Red Hat packages that were not requested.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/31472 http://securitytracker.com/id?1020698 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0815.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30695 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457113 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10864