medium4.4
CVE-2021-3909
OctoRPKI does not limit the length of a connection, allowing for a slowloris DOS attack to take place which makes OctoRPKI wait forever.
Impact
OctoRPKI does not limit the length of a connection, allowing for a slowloris DOS attack to take place which makes OctoRPKI wait forever. Specifically, the repository that OctoRPKI sends HTTP requests to will keep the connection open for a day before a response is returned, but does keep drip feeding new bytes to keep the connection alive.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Octorpki | before 1.3.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 11.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/security/advisories/GHSA-8cvr-4rrf-f244
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5033
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5041
- https://github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/security/advisories/GHSA-8cvr-4rrf-f244
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5033
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5041