{"id":"CVE-2008-3270","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-3270","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:54.988Z","title":"yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 does not verify the SSL certificate for a file download from a Red Hat Network (RHN) server, which makes it easier for remote man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of updates)…","description":"yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 does not verify the SSL certificate for a file download from a Red Hat Network (RHN) server, which makes it easier for remote man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of updates) or force the download and installation of official Red Hat packages that were not requested.","published":"2008-08-18T17:41:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:55:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.6,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-310"],"affected":["redhat/enterprise linux"],"epss":{"score":0.00829,"percentile":0.57272,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.83%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31472","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1020698","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0815.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30695","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457113","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10864","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31472","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1020698","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0815.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30695","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457113","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10864","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3270","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}