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CVE-2021-20179

A flaw was found in pki-core. An attacker who has successfully compromised a key could use this flaw to renew the corres

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.

HIGH · CVSS 8.1 EPSS 0.00291
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-863Incorrect Authorization
CWE-863Incorrect Authorization
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Affected Products & Versions

8
dogtagpki< 10.5.0
dogtagpki>= 10.5.1 and < 10.8.0
dogtagpki>= 10.8.1 and < 10.9.0
dogtagpki>= 10.9.1 and < 10.10.0
dogtagpki>= 10.10.1 and < 10.11.0
redhat certificate systemall versions
redhat enterprise linuxall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

8.1
HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD15 Mar 2021 · 01:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

6
usnUSN-8158-1
rhsaRHSA-2021:0975Important
rhsaRHSA-2021:0966Important
rhsaRHSA-2021:0819Important
rhsaRHSA-2021:1263Important
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914379Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3474PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3475PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3476PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3477PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3478PatchThird Party Advisory
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