CVE-2021-20179

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 15 Mar 2021, 12:01
Last modified:03 Aug 2024, 17:30

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
8.1 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.29% LOW
0% probability -0.11%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

15 Mar 2021, 12:01
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Aug 2024, 17:30
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.29%• Percentile: 53%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-863•Incorrect Authorization

    The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

Affected Systems

  • dogtagpki•dogtagpki

    < 10.5.0 | ≥ 10.5.1, < 10.8.0 | ≥ 10.8.1, < 10.9.0 | ≥ 10.9.1, < 10.10.0 | ≥ 10.10.1, < 10.11.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    32 | 33 | 34

  • redhat•certificate_system

    10.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    7.0 | 8.0

References (9)