SB2012010303 - Multiple vulnerabilities in pfsense

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SB2012010303 - Multiple vulnerabilities in pfsense

Published: January 3, 2012 Updated: August 11, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2012010303
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4197)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-5047)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in status_rrd_graph.php in pfSense before 2.0.1 when processing style parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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