CVE-2021-20179

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-20179
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-15 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:28:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dogtagpki Dogtagpki All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Redhat Certificate System 10.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2021-20179: Fix renewal profile approval process - v10.5 by cipherboy · Pull Request #3478 · dogtagpki/pki · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: pki-core-10.10.5-5.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2021-20179: Fix renewal profile approval process - v10.11 by cipherboy · Pull Request #3474 · dogtagpki/pki · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: pki-core-10.10.5-5.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2021-20179: Fix renewal profile approval process - v10.10 by cipherboy · Pull Request #3475 · dogtagpki/pki · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2021-20179: Fix renewal profile approval process - v10.9 by cipherboy · Pull Request #3476 · dogtagpki/pki · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: pki-core-10.10.5-5.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2021-20179: Fix renewal profile approval process - v10.8 by cipherboy · Pull Request #3477 · dogtagpki/pki · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: dogtag-pki-10.10.5-3.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: pki-core-10.10.5-5.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
1914379 – (CVE-2021-20179) CVE-2021-20179 pki-core: Unprivileged users can renew any certificate MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: dogtag-pki-10.10.5-3.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159122 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for pki-core:10.6 (ELSA-2021-0966)
  • 179649 Debian Security Update for dogtag-pki (CVE-2021-20179)
  • 239176 Red Hat Update for pki-core (RHSA-2021:0851)
  • 239195 Red Hat Update for pki-core (RHSA-2021:0975)
  • 239196 Red Hat Update for pki-core:10.6 (RHSA-2021:0966)
  • 239239 Red Hat Update for pki-core:10.6 (RHSA-2021:1263)
  • 257068 CentOS Security Update for pki-core (CESA-2021:0851)
  • 281480 Fedora Security Update for pki (FEDORA-2021-344dd24c84)
  • 281481 Fedora Security Update for pki (FEDORA-2021-6c412a4601)
  • 281505 Fedora Security Update for dogtag (FEDORA-2021-c0d6637ca5)
  • 352268 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for pki-core: ALAS2-2021-1630
  • 376912 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for pki-core (ALINUX2-SA-2021:0014)
  • 376921 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for pki-core:10.6 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0020)
  • 670245 EulerOS Security Update for pki-core (EulerOS-SA-2021-1831)
  • 670314 EulerOS Security Update for pki-core (EulerOS-SA-2021-1910)
  • 670339 EulerOS Security Update for pki-core (EulerOS-SA-2021-1885)
  • 670869 EulerOS Security Update for pki-core (EulerOS-SA-2021-1910)
  • 940140 AlmaLinux Security Update for pki-core:10.6 (ALSA-2021:0966)
  • 960719 Rocky Linux Security Update for pki-core:10.6 (RLSA-2021:0966)
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