CVE-2012-4555 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) versions prior to 8.1.3, specifically within its token processing system (pki-tps). An authenticated remote attacker can trigger a NULL pointer dereference, crashing an Apache httpd web server child process. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity with network access and low attack complexity, resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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