CVE-2021-3551

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-3551
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-02-16 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-02-28 15:51:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the PKI-server, where the spkispawn command, when run in debug mode, stores admin credentials in the installation log file. This flaw allows a local attacker to retrieve the file to obtain the admin password and gain admin privileges to the Dogtag CA manager. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-312

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dogtagpki Dogtagpki All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 8 - All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus 8.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus 8.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 8.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 8.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions 8.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1959971 – (CVE-2021-3551) CVE-2021-3551 pki-server: Dogtag installer "pkispawn" logs admin credentials into a world-readable log file MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159243 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for pki-core:10.6 (ELSA-2021-2235)
  • 239366 Red Hat Update for pki-core:10.6 (RHSA-2021:2235)
  • 281641 Fedora Security Update for dogtag (FEDORA-2021-99ca984f32)
  • 281642 Fedora Security Update for dogtag (FEDORA-2021-54a73a7112)
  • 377114 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for pki-core:10.6 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0037)
  • 940420 AlmaLinux Security Update for pki-core:10.6 (ALSA-2021:2235)
  • 960030 Rocky Linux Security Update for pki-core:10.6 (RLSA-2021:2235)
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