Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-20179 (CCN-198271)

Assigned:2020-12-17
Published:2021-03-12
Updated:2021-03-24
Summary:A flaw was found in pki-core. An attacker who has successfully compromised a key could use this flaw to renew the corresponding certificate over and over again, as long as it is not explicitly revoked. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.1 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
7.1 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): None
9.1 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
7.9 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): None
8.1 High (REDHAT CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
7.1 High (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
9.4 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-863
CWE-863
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-20179

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla - Bug 1914379
(CVE-2021-20179) - CVE-2021-20179 pki-core: Unprivileged users can renew any certificate

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914379

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
dogtag-cve202120179-sec-bypass(198271)

Source: CCN
Type: pki GIT Repository
CVE-2021-20179: Fix renewal profile approval process - v10.11 #3474

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3474

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3475

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3476

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3477

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3478

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-6c412a4601

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-344dd24c84

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-c0d6637ca5

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 10.5.0)
  • OR cpe:/a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 10.5.1 and < 10.8.0)
  • OR cpe:/a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 10.8.1 and < 10.9.0)
  • OR cpe:/a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 10.9.1 and < 10.10.0)
  • OR cpe:/a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 10.10.1 and < 10.11.0)

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:certificate_system:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 6:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 7:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20210966
    P
    		RHSA-2021:0966: pki-core:10.6 security update (Important)
    2021-03-23
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20210851
    P
    		RHSA-2021:0851: pki-core security and bug fix update (Important)
    2021-03-16
    BACK
    dogtagpki dogtagpki *
    dogtagpki dogtagpki *
    dogtagpki dogtagpki *
    dogtagpki dogtagpki *
    dogtagpki dogtagpki *
    redhat certificate system 10.0
    redhat enterprise linux 7.0
    redhat enterprise linux 8.0
    fedoraproject fedora 32
    fedoraproject fedora 33
    fedoraproject fedora 34