CVE-2021-20179

CVE Details

Release Date:

2021-03-15

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2021-20179 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	8.1	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (pki-core)	ELSA-2021-0851	2021-03-17
Oracle Linux version 8 (jss)	ELSA-2021-0966	2021-03-24
Oracle Linux version 8 (ldapjdk)	ELSA-2021-0966	2021-03-24
Oracle Linux version 8 (pki-core)	ELSA-2021-0966	2021-03-24
Oracle Linux version 8 (tomcatjss)	ELSA-2021-0966	2021-03-24

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