CVE-2021-4142

Summary

CVECVE-2021-4142
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-24 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:40:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Candlepin component of Red Hat Satellite was affected by an improper authentication flaw. Few factors could allow an attacker to use the SCA (simple content access) certificate for authentication with Candlepin.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-639

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Candlepinproject Candlepin All All All All
Application Candlepinproject Candlepin All All All All
Application Candlepinproject Candlepin All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[3.1] Disallow authN with SCA certificate by nikosmoum · Pull Request #3199 · candlepin/candlepin · GitHub MISC github.com
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2034346 – (CVE-2021-4142) CVE-2021-4142 Satellite: Allow unintended SCA certificate to authenticate Candlepin MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
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[4.0] Disallow authN with SCA certificate by nikosmoum · Pull Request #3198 · candlepin/candlepin · GitHub MISC github.com
[3.2] Disallow authN with SCA certificate by nikosmoum · Pull Request #3197 · candlepin/candlepin · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 240123 Red Hat Update for Satellite 6.10 (RHSA-2022:0790)
  • 240566 Red Hat Update for Satellite 6.11 Release (RHSA-2022:5498)
  • 960505 Rocky Linux Security Update for Satellite (RLSA-2022:5498)
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