CVE-2021-3698

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
A flaw was found in Cockpit in versions prior to 260 in the way it handles the certificate verification performed by the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). This flaw allows client certificates to authenticate successfully, regardless of the Certificate Revocation List (CRL) configuration or the certificate status. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-3698
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-03-10T17:42:57
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-03-14T23:59:08
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-295 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:cockpit-project:cockpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 260
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1992149 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3698
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3698
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 15:45:55 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 11:42:48 2022-03-10T17:42Z 2022-03-10T17:42:57 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 11:42:48 2022-03-14T23:59:08 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 11:42:48 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated