FKIE_CVE-2021-3908

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-11-11 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:05
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cna@cloudflare.comhttps://github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/security/advisories/GHSA-g5gj-9ggf-9vmqThird Party Advisory
cna@cloudflare.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5041Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/security/advisories/GHSA-g5gj-9ggf-9vmqThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5041Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cloudflare octorpki *
debian debian_linux 11.0
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