CVE-2021-38597 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

wolfSSL before 4.8.1 incorrectly skips OCSP verification in certain situations of irrelevant response data that contains the NoCheck extension.

Published: 2021-08-12

Score: 5.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wolfssl:wolfssl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-25039	wolfSSL before 4.8.1 incorrectly skips OCSP verification in certain situations of irrelevant response data that contains the NoCheck extension.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00183.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/commit/f93083be72a3b3d956b52a7ec13f307a27b6e093
https://www.wolfssl.com/docs/wolfssl-changelog/

History

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Subscriptions

Wolfssl Wolfssl

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-08-12T14:26:50.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:44:23.533Z

Reserved: 2021-08-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38597

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-12T15:15:08.017

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:17:37.020

Link: CVE-2021-38597

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-345

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