5.8

CVE-2017-7513: red hat red hat satellite Improper Certificate Validation

CVSS: 5.8v2.0MediumModified
Published 22-08-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-7513 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in red hat red hat satellite. EPSS estimates a 0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
23/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.48%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-08-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

It was found that Satellite 5 configured with SSL/TLS for the PostgreSQL backend failed to correctly validate X.509 server certificate host name fields. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof a PostgreSQL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

40%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.48% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.48%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Red hat1 product
Redhat1 product
  • satellite5.0 | 5.1.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.4.1 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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