CVE-2011-4197 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2011-4197

etc/inc/certs.inc in the PKI implementation in pfSense before 2.0.1 creates...

Vulnerability Description

etc/inc/certs.inc in the PKI implementation in pfSense before 2.0.1 creates each X.509 certificate with a true value for the CA basic constraint, which allows remote attackers to create sub-certificates for arbitrary subjects by leveraging the private key.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

pfsense
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0.x, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3

Timeline

Official Publish: January 3rd, 2012
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.