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.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2021:0966 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2021-20179)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05, has pki-core packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A Reflected Cross Site Scripting flaw was found in all pki-core 10.x.x versions module from the pki-core     server due to the CA Agent Service not properly sanitizing the certificate request page. An attacker could     inject a specially crafted value that will be executed on the victim's browser. (CVE-2019-10146)

  - A vulnerability was found in all pki-core 10.x.x versions, where the Key Recovery Authority (KRA) Agent     Service did not properly sanitize recovery request search page, enabling a Reflected Cross Site Scripting     (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could trick an authenticated victim into executing specially crafted     Javascript code. (CVE-2019-10179)

  - A Reflected Cross Site Scripting vulnerability was found in all pki-core 10.x.x versions, where the pki-ca     module from the pki-core server. This flaw is caused by missing sanitization of the GET URL parameters. An     attacker could abuse this flaw to trick an authenticated user into clicking a specially crafted link which     can execute arbitrary code when viewed in a browser. (CVE-2019-10221)

  - A flaw was found in the Key Recovery Authority (KRA) Agent Service in pki-core 10.10.5 where it did not     properly sanitize the recovery ID during a key recovery request, enabling a reflected cross-site scripting     (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could trick an authenticated victim into executing specially crafted     Javascript code. (CVE-2020-1721)

  - A flaw was found in pki-core 10.9.0. A specially crafted POST request can be used to reflect a DOM-based     cross-site scripting (XSS) attack to inject code into the search query form which can get automatically     executed. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. (CVE-2020-25715)

  - 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. (CVE-2021-20179)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has pki-core packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A Reflected Cross Site Scripting flaw was found in all pki-core 10.x.x versions module from the pki-core     server due to the CA Agent Service not properly sanitizing the certificate request page. An attacker could     inject a specially crafted value that will be executed on the victim's browser. (CVE-2019-10146)

  - A vulnerability was found in all pki-core 10.x.x versions, where the Key Recovery Authority (KRA) Agent     Service did not properly sanitize recovery request search page, enabling a Reflected Cross Site Scripting     (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could trick an authenticated victim into executing specially crafted     Javascript code. (CVE-2019-10179)

  - A Reflected Cross Site Scripting vulnerability was found in all pki-core 10.x.x versions, where the pki-ca     module from the pki-core server. This flaw is caused by missing sanitization of the GET URL parameters. An     attacker could abuse this flaw to trick an authenticated user into clicking a specially crafted link which     can execute arbitrary code when viewed in a browser. (CVE-2019-10221)

  - A flaw was found in the Key Recovery Authority (KRA) Agent Service in pki-core 10.10.5 where it did not     properly sanitize the recovery ID during a key recovery request, enabling a reflected cross-site scripting     (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could trick an authenticated victim into executing specially crafted     Javascript code. (CVE-2020-1721)

  - A flaw was found in pki-core 10.9.0. A specially crafted POST request can be used to reflect a DOM-based     cross-site scripting (XSS) attack to inject code into the search query form which can get automatically     executed. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. (CVE-2020-25715)

  - 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. (CVE-2021-20179)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the pki-core package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - 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.(CVE-2021-20179)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the pki-core packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A flaw was found in pki-core. A specially crafted POST     request can be used to reflect a DOM-based cross-site     scripting (XSS) attack to inject code into the search     query form which can get automatically executed. The     highest threat from this vulnerability is to data     integrity.(CVE-2020-25715)

  - 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.(CVE-2021-20179)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the pki-core packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - 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.(CVE-2021-20179)

  - A Reflected Cross Site Scripting flaw was found in all     pki-core 10.x.x versions module from the pki-core     server due to the CA Agent Service not properly     sanitizing the certificate request page. An attacker     could inject a specially crafted value that will be     executed on the victim's browser.(CVE-2019-10146)

  - A vulnerability was found in all pki-core 10.x.x     versions, where the Key Recovery Authority (KRA) Agent     Service did not properly sanitize recovery request     search page, enabling a Reflected Cross Site Scripting     (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could trick an     authenticated victim into executing specially crafted     Javascript code.(CVE-2019-10179)

  - A flaw was found in pki-core. A specially crafted POST     request can be used to reflect a DOM-based cross-site     scripting (XSS) attack to inject code into the search     query form which can get automatically executed. The     highest threat from this vulnerability is to data     integrity.(CVE-2020-25715)

  - A Reflected Cross Site Scripting vulnerability was     found in all pki-core 10.x.x versions, where the pki-ca     module from the pki-core server. This flaw is caused by     missing sanitization of the GET URL parameters. An     attacker could abuse this flaw to trick an     authenticated user into clicking a specially crafted     link which can execute arbitrary code when viewed in a     browser.(CVE-2019-10221)

  - jQuery before 3.4.0, as used in Drupal, Backdrop CMS,     and other products, mishandles jQuery.extend(true, {},     ...) because of Object.prototype pollution. If an     unsanitized source object contained an enumerable
    __proto__ property, it could extend the native     Object.prototype.(CVE-2019-11358)

  - A flaw was found in the Key Recovery Authority (KRA)     Agent Service where it did not properly sanitize the     recovery ID during a key recovery request, enabling a     Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An     attacker could trick an authenticated victim into     executing specially crafted Javascript     code.(CVE-2020-1721)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1630 advisory.

  - A Reflected Cross Site Scripting flaw was found in all pki-core 10.x.x versions module from the pki-core     server due to the CA Agent Service not properly sanitizing the certificate request page. An attacker could     inject a specially crafted value that will be executed on the victim's browser. (CVE-2019-10146)

  - A vulnerability was found in all pki-core 10.x.x versions, where the Key Recovery Authority (KRA) Agent     Service did not properly sanitize recovery request search page, enabling a Reflected Cross Site Scripting     (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could trick an authenticated victim into executing specially crafted     Javascript code. (CVE-2019-10179)

  - A Reflected Cross Site Scripting vulnerability was found in all pki-core 10.x.x versions, where the pki-ca     module from the pki-core server. This flaw is caused by missing sanitization of the GET URL parameters. An     attacker could abuse this flaw to trick an authenticated user into clicking a specially crafted link which     can execute arbitrary code when viewed in a browser. (CVE-2019-10221)

  - 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. (CVE-2021-20179)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1263 advisory.

    The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Core contains fundamental packages required by Red Hat Certificate     System.

    Security Fix(es):

    * pki-core: Unprivileged users can renew any certificate (CVE-2021-20179)

    * pki-core: XSS in the certificate search results (CVE-2020-25715)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * PKI instance creation failed with new 389-ds-base build (BZ#1933147)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2021-0966 advisory.

    pki-core     [10.9.4-3.0.1]
    - Remove redhat reference.

    [10.9.4-3]
    - Bug # 1933146 - PKI instance creation failed with new 389-ds-base build

    [10.9.4-2]
    - CVE-2021-20179: Fix unprivileged users can renew any certificate

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2021:0966 advisory.

  - pki-core: Unprivileged users can renew any certificate (CVE-2021-20179)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0966 advisory.

    The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Core contains fundamental packages required by Red Hat Certificate     System.

    Security Fix(es):

    * pki-core: Unprivileged users can renew any certificate (CVE-2021-20179)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0975 advisory.

    The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Core contains fundamental packages required by Red Hat Certificate     System.

    Security Fix(es):

    * pki-core: Unprivileged users can renew any certificate (CVE-2021-20179)

    * pki-core: XSS in the certificate search results (CVE-2020-25715)

    * pki-core: Reflected XSS in 'path length' constraint field in CA's Agent page (CVE-2019-10146)

    * pki-core/pki-kra: Reflected XSS in recoveryID search field at KRA's DRM agent page in authorize recovery     tab (CVE-2019-10179)

    * pki-core: Reflected XSS in getcookies?url= endpoint in CA (CVE-2019-10221)

    * pki-core: KRA vulnerable to reflected XSS via the getPk12 page (CVE-2020-1721)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 33 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-6c412a4601 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2021-20179)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 32 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-344dd24c84 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2021-20179)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0851 advisory.

  - A Reflected Cross Site Scripting flaw was found in all pki-core 10.x.x versions module from the pki-core     server due to the CA Agent Service not properly sanitizing the certificate request page. An attacker could     inject a specially crafted value that will be executed on the victim's browser. (CVE-2019-10146)

  - A vulnerability was found in all pki-core 10.x.x versions, where the Key Recovery Authority (KRA) Agent     Service did not properly sanitize recovery request search page, enabling a Reflected Cross Site Scripting     (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could trick an authenticated victim into executing specially crafted     Javascript code. (CVE-2019-10179)

  - A Reflected Cross Site Scripting vulnerability was found in all pki-core 10.x.x versions, where the pki-ca     module from the pki-core server. This flaw is caused by missing sanitization of the GET URL parameters. An     attacker could abuse this flaw to trick an authenticated user into clicking a specially crafted link which     can execute arbitrary code when viewed in a browser. (CVE-2019-10221)

  - A flaw was found in the Key Recovery Authority (KRA) Agent Service in pki-core 10.10.5 where it did not     properly sanitize the recovery ID during a key recovery request, enabling a reflected cross-site scripting     (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could trick an authenticated victim into executing specially crafted     Javascript code. (CVE-2020-1721)

  - A flaw was found in pki-core 10.9.0. A specially crafted POST request can be used to reflect a DOM-based     cross-site scripting (XSS) attack to inject code into the search query form which can get automatically     executed. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. (CVE-2020-25715)

  - 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. (CVE-2021-20179)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2021-0851 advisory.

    - Bugzilla Bug 1724697 - CVE-2019-10180 pki-core: unsanitized token       parameters in TPS resulting in stored XSS [certificate_system_9-default]       (edewata, ascheel)
    - Bugzilla Bug 1725128 - CVE-2019-10178 pki-core: stored Cross-site       scripting (XSS) in the pki-tps web Activity tab       [certificate_system_9-default] (edewata, ascheel)
    - Bugzilla Bug 1791100 - CVE-2020-1696 pki-core: Stored XSS in TPS profile       creation [certificate_system_9-default] (edewata, ascheel)
    - Bugzilla Bug 1724688 - CVE-2019-10146 pki-core: Reflected Cross-Site       Scripting in 'path length' constraint field in CA's Agent page       [rhel-7.9.z] (dmoluguw, ascheel)
    - Bugzilla Bug 1789843 - CVE-2019-10221 pki-core: reflected cross site       scripting in getcookies?url= endpoint in CA [rhel-7.9.z]       (dmoluguw, ascheel)
    - Bugzilla Bug 1724713 - CVE-2019-10179 pki-core: pki-core/pki-kra:
      Reflected XSS in recoveryID search field at KRA's DRM agent page in       authorize recovery tab [rhel-7.9.z] (ascheel)
    - Bugzilla Bug 1798011 - CVE-2020-1721 pki-core: KRA vulnerable to       reflected XSS via the getPk12 page [rhel-7.9.z] (ascheel,jmagne)
    - Bugzilla Bug 1724697 - CVE-2019-10180 pki-core: unsanitized token       parameters in TPS resulting in stored XSS [certificate_system_9-default]       (edewata, ascheel)
    - Bugzilla Bug 1725128 - CVE-2019-10178 pki-core: stored Cross-site       scripting (XSS) in the pki-tps web Activity tab       [certificate_system_9-default] (edewata, ascheel)
    - Bugzilla Bug 1791100 - CVE-2020-1696 pki-core: Stored XSS in TPS profile       creation [certificate_system_9-default] (edewata, ascheel)
    - Bugzilla Bug 1724688 - CVE-2019-10146 pki-core: Reflected Cross-Site       Scripting in 'path length' constraint field in CA's Agent page       [rhel-7.9.z] (dmoluguw, ascheel)
    - Bugzilla Bug 1789843 - CVE-2019-10221 pki-core: reflected cross site       scripting in getcookies?url= endpoint in CA [rhel-7.9.z]       (dmoluguw, ascheel)
    - Bugzilla Bug 1724713 - CVE-2019-10179 pki-core: pki-core/pki-kra:
      Reflected XSS in recoveryID search field at KRA's DRM agent page in       authorize recovery tab [rhel-7.9.z] (ascheel)
    - Bugzilla Bug 1798011 - CVE-2020-1721 pki-core: KRA vulnerable to       reflected XSS via the getPk12 page [rhel-7.9.z] (ascheel,jmagne)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0851 advisory.

    The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Core contains fundamental packages required by Red Hat Certificate     System.

    Security Fix(es):

    * pki-core: Unprivileged users can renew any certificate (CVE-2021-20179)

    * pki-core: XSS in the certificate search results (CVE-2020-25715)

    * pki-core: Reflected XSS in 'path length' constraint field in CA's Agent page (CVE-2019-10146)

    * pki-core/pki-kra: Reflected XSS in recoveryID search field at KRA's DRM agent page in authorize recovery     tab (CVE-2019-10179)

    * pki-core: Reflected XSS in getcookies?url= endpoint in CA (CVE-2019-10221)

    * pki-core: KRA vulnerable to reflected XSS via the getPk12 page (CVE-2020-1721)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * Add KRA Transport and Storage Certificates profiles, audit for IPA (BZ#1883639)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0819 advisory.

    The Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Core contains fundamental packages required by Red Hat Certificate     System.

    Security Fix(es):

    * pki-core: Unprivileged users can renew any certificate (CVE-2021-20179)

    * pki-core: XSS in the certificate search results (CVE-2020-25715)

    * pki-core: Reflected XSS in 'path length' constraint field in CA's Agent page (CVE-2019-10146)

    * pki-core/pki-kra: Reflected XSS in recoveryID search field at KRA's DRM agent page in authorize recovery     tab (CVE-2019-10179)

    * pki-core: Reflected XSS in getcookies?url= endpoint in CA (CVE-2019-10221)

    * pki-core: KRA vulnerable to reflected XSS via the getPk12 page (CVE-2020-1721)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
196293	RHEL 6 : pki-core (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
184968	Rocky Linux 8 : pki-core:10.6 (RLSA-2021:0966)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
160757	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.05 / MAIN 5.05 : pki-core Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2022-0029)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
154479	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : pki-core Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2021-0102)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
149623	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : pki-core (EulerOS-SA-2021-1885)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
149620	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : pki-core (EulerOS-SA-2021-1910)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
149159	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : pki-core (EulerOS-SA-2021-1831)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
148922	Amazon Linux 2 : pki-core (ALAS-2021-1630)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
148857	RHEL 8 : pki-core:10.6 (RHSA-2021:1263)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
148035	Oracle Linux 8 : pki-core:10.6 (ELSA-2021-0966)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
148033	CentOS 8 : pki-core:10.6 (CESA-2021:0966)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
148020	RHEL 8 : pki-core:10.6 (RHSA-2021:0966)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
148017	RHEL 7 : pki-core (RHSA-2021:0975)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
147935	Fedora 33 : pki-core (2021-6c412a4601)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
147933	Fedora 32 : pki-core (2021-344dd24c84)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
147883	CentOS 7 : pki-core (RHSA-2021:0851)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
147863	Oracle Linux 7 : pki-core (ELSA-2021-0851)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
147841	RHEL 7 : pki-core (RHSA-2021:0851)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
147808	RHEL 7 : pki-core (RHSA-2021:0819)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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