CVE-2021-3698

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3698
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-10 17:42:00 UTC
Updated2022-03-14 23:59:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in Cockpit in versions prior to 260 in the way it handles the certificate verification performed by the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). This flaw allows client certificates to authenticate successfully, regardless of the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) configuration or the certificate status. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cockpit-project Cockpit All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1992149 – (CVE-2021-3698) CVE-2021-3698 cockpit: authenticates with revoked certificates MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159832 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for cockpit (ELSA-2022-2008)
  • 183767 Debian Security Update for cockpit (CVE-2021-3698)
  • 240279 Red Hat Update for cockpit security (RHSA-2022:2008)
  • 282239 Fedora Security Update for cockpit (FEDORA-2022-675c38e70e)
  • 900771 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for cockpit (8933)
  • 902037 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for cockpit (8933-1)
  • 940570 AlmaLinux Security Update for cockpit (ALSA-2022:2008)
  • 960127 Rocky Linux Security Update for cockpit (RLSA-2022:2008)
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