CVE-2021-20179

high

Description

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.

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3I7BRAHLE2WWSY76W3CKFCF5WSSAE24/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRE44N6P24AEDKRMWK7RPRLMCUUBRJII/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DDOLFOLEIV7I4EUC3SCZBXL6E2ER7ZEN/

https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3478

https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3477

https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3476

https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3475

https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3474

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914379

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-03-15

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High