7.5
HIGH
CVE-2021-32785
Apache mod_auth_openidc Format String Bug
Description

mod_auth_openidc is an authentication/authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server that functions as an OpenID Connect Relying Party, authenticating users against an OpenID Connect Provider. When mod_auth_openidc versions prior to 2.4.9 are configured to use an unencrypted Redis cache (`OIDCCacheEncrypt off`, `OIDCSessionType server-cache`, `OIDCCacheType redis`), `mod_auth_openidc` wrongly performed argument interpolation before passing Redis requests to `hiredis`, which would perform it again and lead to an uncontrolled format string bug. Initial assessment shows that this bug does not appear to allow gaining arbitrary code execution, but can reliably provoke a denial of service by repeatedly crashing the Apache workers. This bug has been corrected in version 2.4.9 by performing argument interpolation only once, using the `hiredis` API. As a workaround, this vulnerability can be mitigated by setting `OIDCCacheEncrypt` to `on`, as cache keys are cryptographically hashed before use when this option is enabled.

INFO

Published Date :

July 22, 2021, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:07 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-32785 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Netapp cloud_backup
1 Apache http_server
1 Openidc mod_auth_openidc
1 Mod_auth_openidc_project mod_auth_openidc

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/commit/dc672688dc1f2db7df8ad4abebc367116017a449
    Added Reference https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/releases/tag/v2.4.9
    Added Reference https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/security/advisories/GHSA-55r8-6w97-xxr4
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00034.html
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0001/
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 30, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00034.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00034.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    May. 25, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:zmartzone:mod_auth_openidc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 2.4.9 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openidc:mod_auth_openidc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 2.4.9
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00034.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 10, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 20, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0001/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0001/ Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0001/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/commit/dc672688dc1f2db7df8ad4abebc367116017a449 No Types Assigned https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/commit/dc672688dc1f2db7df8ad4abebc367116017a449 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/releases/tag/v2.4.9 No Types Assigned https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/releases/tag/v2.4.9 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/security/advisories/GHSA-55r8-6w97-xxr4 No Types Assigned https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/security/advisories/GHSA-55r8-6w97-xxr4 Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-134
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:zmartzone:mod_auth_openidc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.4.9 OR cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0.0 up to (including) 2.4.48
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.55 }} -0.20%

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0.77417

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