Overview
Apple Mac OS X Security Framework Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) service is unable to retrieve certificate revocation lists on systems that are configured to use an HTTP proxy. This vulnerability may result in the use of revoked certificates.
Description
The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) is used to obtain the status of X.509 digital certificates. According to Apple Security Update 2006-007: On systems that are configured to use an HTTP proxy, the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) service is unable to retrieve certificate revocation lists. This update addresses this issue by using the system proxy settings in ocpsd. |
Impact
This vulnerability may result in the use of revoked certificates. The full impact of this vulnerability depends on the application verifying the certificate. |
Solution
Apply Apple Updates This issue is addressed by Apple Security Update 2006-007. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
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References
Acknowledgements
This issue was reported in Apple Security Update 2006-007. Apple credits Timothy J. Miller of the MITRE Corporation for reporting this issue.
This document was written by Chris Taschner.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-4409 |
| Severity Metric: | 0.22 |
| Date Public: | 2006-11-28 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-12-04 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-12-04 14:17 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 11 |