high7.4
CVE-2021-3618
ALPACA is an application layer protocol content confusion attack, exploiting TLS servers implementing different protocols but using compatible certificates, su…
Impact
ALPACA is an application layer protocol content confusion attack, exploiting TLS servers implementing different protocols but using compatible certificates, such as multi-domain or wildcard certificates. A MiTM attacker having access to victim's traffic at the TCP/IP layer can redirect traffic from one subdomain to another, resulting in a valid TLS session. This breaks the authentication of TLS and cross-protocol attacks may be possible where the behavior of one protocol service may compromise the other at the application layer.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| F5 | Nginx | before 1.21.0 |
| Sendmail | Sendmail | before 8.17 |
| Vsftpd Project | Vsftpd | before 3.0.4 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 33, 34, 35 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 10.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://alpaca-attack.com/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975623
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00031.html
- https://alpaca-attack.com/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975623
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00031.html