VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-3249

CVSS score5.1 MEDIUM

EPSS probability1.30%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2008-07-21

Last modified2026-06-16

Description

The client in Lenovo System Update before 3.14 does not properly validate the certificate when establishing an SSL connection, which allows remote attackers to install arbitrary packages via an SSL certificate whose X.509 headers match a public certificate used by IBM.