Incorrect Authorization Affecting pki-silent package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL6-PKISILENT-1412543
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 12 Mar 2021

How 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

8.1 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

8.1 high