Improper Certificate Validation Affecting cockpit-debuginfo package, versions <0:264.1-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-COCKPITDEBUGINFO-3198775
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed10 Mar 2022

Introduced: 10 Mar 2022

CVE-2021-3698  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 cockpit-debuginfo to version 0:264.1-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:2008.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cockpit-debuginfo package and not the cockpit-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in Cockpit in versions prior to 260 in the way it handles the certificate verification performed by the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). This flaw allows client certificates to authenticate successfully, regardless of the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) configuration or the certificate status. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

CVSS Scores

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