CVE-2021-20179

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    CVE-2021-20179

    Published: 15 Mar 2021Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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://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/, 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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -76eca860d5d87b78156d1478306e8efab0c2c9e1

    Affected versions

    v10.11.0-alpha3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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