Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2021· Updated Aug 3, 2024
CVE-2021-20179
CVE-2021-20179
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.
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Affected products
2- pki-core/pki-coredescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DDOLFOLEIV7I4EUC3SCZBXL6E2ER7ZEN/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRE44N6P24AEDKRMWK7RPRLMCUUBRJII/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3I7BRAHLE2WWSY76W3CKFCF5WSSAE24/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3474mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3475mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3476mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3477mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3478mitrex_refsource_MISC
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