systemd 239/240/241/242/243 Certificate Validation certificate validation
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.7 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in systemd 239/240/241/242/243 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Certificate Validation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
systemd 239 through 243 accepts any certificate signed by a trusted certificate authority for DNS Over TLS. Server Name Indication (SNI) is not sent, and there is no hostname validation with the GnuTLS backend.
The weakness was shared 10/30/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-21029 since 10/30/2019. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/01/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7
VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.6
VulDB Vector: 🔍
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Certificate validationCWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
ATT&CK: T1587.003
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Patch: github.com
Timeline
10/30/2019 🔍10/30/2019 🔍
11/01/2019 🔍
02/01/2024 🔍
Sources
Advisory: 9397Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2018-21029 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 11/01/2019 07:03Updated: 02/01/2024 08:53
Changes: 11/01/2019 07:03 (35), 11/01/2019 07:08 (17), 02/01/2024 08:51 (5), 02/01/2024 08:53 (2)
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