CVE-2008-3249

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLenovo Thinkvantage System Update
PublishedJul 21, 2008
First seenJul 21, 2008

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
lenovo thinkvantage_system_updatev ≤ 3.13.0005, 3.13—

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