CVE-2021-3908 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

OctoRPKI does not limit the depth of a certificate chain, allowing for a CA to create children in an ad-hoc fashion, thereby making tree traversal never end.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00286.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Cloudflare Subscribe	Octorpki Subscribe
Debian Subscribe	Debian Linux Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cloudflare:octorpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-5041-1	cfrpki security update
EUVD	EUVD-2021-2345	OctoRPKI does not limit the depth of a certificate chain, allowing for a CA to create children in an ad-hoc fashion, thereby making tree traversal never end.
Github GHSA	GHSA-g5gj-9ggf-9vmq	Infinite certificate chain depth results in OctoRPKI running forever

Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to 1.4

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/security/advisories/GHSA-g5gj-9ggf-9vmq
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5041

History

No history.

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cloudflare

Published: 2021-11-11T21:45:18.120994Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:21:31.088Z

Reserved: 2021-10-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-3908

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-11T22:15:07.877

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:22:45.160

Link: CVE-2021-3908

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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