Resource Exhaustion Affecting rpki-client package, versions <7.5-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.58% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-RPKICLIENT-11766841
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed11 Nov 2021

Introduced: 11 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-3909  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 rpki-client to version 7.5-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rpki-client package and not the rpki-client package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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