CVE-2012-4556 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) before version 8.1.3, specifically within its token processing system (pki-tps). An authenticated remote attacker can trigger an Apache httpd web server child process restart by submitting user certificate search queries with unspecified empty search fields. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, as it requires authentication and only impacts availability. 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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