7.4
HIGH
CVE-2021-3618
Acme Wildcard Certificate Protocol Confusion Attack
Description

ALPACA is an application layer protocol content confusion attack, exploiting TLS servers implementing different protocols but using compatible certificates, such as multi-domain or wildcard certificates. A MiTM attacker having access to victim's traffic at the TCP/IP layer can redirect traffic from one subdomain to another, resulting in a valid TLS session. This breaks the authentication of TLS and cross-protocol attacks may be possible where the behavior of one protocol service may compromise the other at the application layer.

INFO

Published Date :

March 23, 2022, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 9, 2023, 2:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-3618 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-3618 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 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Sendmail sendmail
1 F5 nginx
1 Vsftpd_project vsftpd
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-2021-3618.

URL Resource
https://alpaca-attack.com/ Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975623 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00031.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Indra is a powerful, versatile, and user-friendly Python-based network scanning and vulnerability assessment tool.

Python

Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago
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Born at : Oct. 23, 2024, 1:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

https://eggkingo.github.io/polyblog/

Updated: 1 year ago
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Born at : Oct. 12, 2023, 6:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

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Java Xtend GAP

Updated: 2 years, 11 months ago
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Born at : May 13, 2021, 10:55 a.m. This repo has been linked 20 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-3618 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-3618 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.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Feb. 09, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00031.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00031.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 23, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00031.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 27, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://alpaca-attack.com/ No Types Assigned https://alpaca-attack.com/ Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 13, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=991328 [Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=991329 [Exploit, Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=991331 [Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/173f16f736c10eae46cd15dd861b04b82d91a37a [Patch, Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3618 [Exploit, Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference https://alpaca-attack.com/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 04, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=991328 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=991328 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=991329 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=991329 Exploit, Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=991331 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=991331 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975623 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975623 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/173f16f736c10eae46cd15dd861b04b82d91a37a No Types Assigned https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/173f16f736c10eae46cd15dd861b04b82d91a37a Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3618 No Types Assigned https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3618 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-295
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.21.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 8.17
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vsftpd_project:vsftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.0.4
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-3618 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-2021-3618 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

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