UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20179

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20179

    Published: 15 Mar 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-20179
    Aliases:
    USN-8158-1

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20179, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1914379, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20179, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8158-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dogtag-pki

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -10.6.0-1ubuntu2+esm1

    Affected versions

    10.3.5+12-4ubuntu1
    10.3.5+12-5

    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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