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CVE-2012-4523
radsecproxy before 1.6.1 does not properly verify certificates when there are configuration blocks with CA settings that are unrelated to…
Medium6.4EPSS 1.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
radsecproxy before 1.6.1 does not properly verify certificates when there are configuration blocks with CA settings that are unrelated to the block being used for verifying the certificate chain, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and spoof clients.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- [radsecproxy] 20120917 Radsecproxy 1.6.1 is out (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 56105 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 51251 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121031 Re: Re: CVE request: radsecproxy incorrect x.509 certificate validation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://project.nordu.net/browse/RADSECPROXY-43 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2573 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [radsecproxy] 20120913 Radsecproxy is mixing up pre- and post-TLS-handshake client verification (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121017 CVE request: radsecproxy incorrect x.509 certificate validation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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