Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 4, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-4556
CVE-2012-4556
Description
The token processing system (pki-tps) in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) before 8.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Apache httpd web server child process restart) via certain unspecified empty search fields in a user certificate search query.
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Affected products
7cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=8.1.1
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <8.1.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1550.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/51482nvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/56843nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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