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CVE-2021-20179

Published: 15 March 2021

A flaw was found in pki-core. An attacker who has successfully compromised a key could use this flaw to renew the corresponding certificate over and over again, as long as it is not explicitly revoked. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.

Priority

High

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.1

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
dogtag-pki
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needed

focal Needed

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute
Released (10.10.2-2)
impish
Released (10.10.2-2)
jammy
Released (10.10.2-2)
kinetic
Released (10.10.2-2)
lunar
Released (10.10.2-2)
mantic
Released (10.10.2-2)
noble Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (10.10.2-2)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3474
upstream: https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3475
upstream: https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3476
upstream: https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3477
upstream: https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3478

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.1
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N