Incorrect Authorization Affecting pki-silent package, versions *
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EPSS
0.15% (52nd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL6-PKISILENT-1412543
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 12 Mar 2021
Introduced: 12 Mar 2021
CVE-2021-20179 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 pki-silent.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pki-silent package and not the pki-silent package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20179
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DDOLFOLEIV7I4EUC3SCZBXL6E2ER7ZEN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRE44N6P24AEDKRMWK7RPRLMCUUBRJII/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3I7BRAHLE2WWSY76W3CKFCF5WSSAE24/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914379
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3474
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3475
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3476
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3477
- https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/pull/3478
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0851
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0966
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DDOLFOLEIV7I4EUC3SCZBXL6E2ER7ZEN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HRE44N6P24AEDKRMWK7RPRLMCUUBRJII/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3I7BRAHLE2WWSY76W3CKFCF5WSSAE24/
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