Infinite certificate chain depth results in OctoRPKI running forever
CVE-2021-3908

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Cloudflare

Status
Octorpki
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 November 2021

What is CVE-2021-3908?

OctoRPKI does not limit the depth of a certificate chain, allowing for a CA to create children in an ad-hoc fashion, thereby making tree traversal never end.

Affected Version(s)

octorpki < 1.4.0

References

https://github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/security/advisories/...
x_refsource_MISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5041
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Koen van Hove
.