pki-tps: Temporary denial of service on interrupted token format operations
Published Jan 4, 2013
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.19%
Description
The token processing system (pki-tps) in Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) before 8.1.3 does not properly handle interruptions of token format operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and Apache httpd web server child process crash) via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 8.1.1
- 7.1
- 7.2
- 7.3
- 8
- 8.0
- 8.1
No data.
Red Hat Certificate System 8
pki-common-0:8.1.3-2.el5pki
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1550
Red Hat Certificate System 8
pki-tps-0:8.1.3-2.el5pki
Fixed · RHSA-2012:1550
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Certificate System 8 | pki-common-0:8.1.3-2.el5pki | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1550 |
| Red Hat Certificate System 8 | pki-tps-0:8.1.3-2.el5pki | Fixed | RHSA-2012:1550 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.19% (0.01192) | 66.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.19% (0.01192) | 63.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.38% (0.00376) | 57.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00457) | 76.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.46% (0.00457) | 74.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.46% (0.00457) | 71.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 56.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 55.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 40.96th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 22, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 54.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 52.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 30.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1550.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51482 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56843 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027846 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4555 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869570 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4555
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4555
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1550.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51482 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56843 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027846 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4555 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869570 | x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4555 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4555 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.