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.
Published: 2008-07-21
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3237 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.
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Lenovo Thinkvantage System Update
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:28:42.034Z

Reserved: 2008-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-3249

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-07-21T17:41:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-3249

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