CVE-2021-20179
Apache PKI Core Certificate Renewal Attack Vulnerability
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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 15, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:28 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.2
Exploitability Score :
2.8
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2021-20179
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-20179.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914379 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3474 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3475 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3476 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3477 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3478 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DDOLFOLEIV7I4EUC3SCZBXL6E2ER7ZEN/ | |
| 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/R3I7BRAHLE2WWSY76W3CKFCF5WSSAE24/ |
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2021-20179 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-20179 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3I7BRAHLE2WWSY76W3CKFCF5WSSAE24/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRE44N6P24AEDKRMWK7RPRLMCUUBRJII/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DDOLFOLEIV7I4EUC3SCZBXL6E2ER7ZEN/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R3I7BRAHLE2WWSY76W3CKFCF5WSSAE24/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DDOLFOLEIV7I4EUC3SCZBXL6E2ER7ZEN/ Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HRE44N6P24AEDKRMWK7RPRLMCUUBRJII/ -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 24, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DDOLFOLEIV7I4EUC3SCZBXL6E2ER7ZEN/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DDOLFOLEIV7I4EUC3SCZBXL6E2ER7ZEN/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HRE44N6P24AEDKRMWK7RPRLMCUUBRJII/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HRE44N6P24AEDKRMWK7RPRLMCUUBRJII/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R3I7BRAHLE2WWSY76W3CKFCF5WSSAE24/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R3I7BRAHLE2WWSY76W3CKFCF5WSSAE24/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 20, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DDOLFOLEIV7I4EUC3SCZBXL6E2ER7ZEN/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HRE44N6P24AEDKRMWK7RPRLMCUUBRJII/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 19, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R3I7BRAHLE2WWSY76W3CKFCF5WSSAE24/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 18, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914379 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914379 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3474 No Types Assigned https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3474 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3475 No Types Assigned https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3475 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3476 No Types Assigned https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3476 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3477 No Types Assigned https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3477 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3478 No Types Assigned https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3478 Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-863 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.5.0 *cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.5.1 up to (excluding) 10.8.0 *cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.8.1 up to (excluding) 10.9.0 *cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.9.1 up to (excluding) 10.10.0 *cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.10.1 up to (excluding) 10.11.0 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:certificate_system:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-20179 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-20179
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.15 }} 0.00%
score
0.50514
percentile