# CVE-2017-7509: An input validation error was found in Red Hat Certificate System's handling of client provided certificates before 8.1.20-1.

- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Red Hat Certificate System: pki-common-8.1.20-1

## Description

An input validation error was found in Red Hat Certificate System's handling of client provided certificates before 8.1.20-1. If the certreq field is not present in a certificate an assertion error is triggered causing a denial of service.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat Certificate System, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2560
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039248
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7509

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