OctoRPKI does not limit the length of a connection, allowing for a slowloris DOS attack to take place which makes OctoRPKI wait forever. Specifically, the repository that OctoRPKI sends HTTP requests to will keep the connection open for a day before a response is returned, but does keep drip feeding new bytes to keep the connection alive.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5033-1 fort-validator security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5041-1 cfrpki security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-2322 OctoRPKI does not limit the length of a connection, allowing for a slowloris DOS attack to take place which makes OctoRPKI wait forever. Specifically, the repository that OctoRPKI sends HTTP requests to will keep the connection open for a day before a response is returned, but does keep drip feeding new bytes to keep the connection alive.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8cvr-4rrf-f244 Infinite open connection causes OctoRPKI to hang forever
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to 1.4


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cloudflare

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:06:15.208Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-3909

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-11T22:15:07.923

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:22:45.307

Link: CVE-2021-3909

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