CVE-2021-43114 Denial of service in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

A crash in FORT Validator when processing specific X.509 certificates disrupts RPKI data distribution, disabling Route Origin Validation for BGP routers.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2021-43114?

CVE-2021-43114 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 9 Nov 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

FORT Validator versions prior to 1.5.2 will crash if an RPKI CA publishes an X.509 EE certificate. This will lead to RTR clients such as BGP routers to lose access to the RPKI VRP data set, effectively disabling Route Origin Validation.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-43114?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fort Validator Project Fort Validator.

How do I fix CVE-2021-43114?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2021-43114 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-43114 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-43114, GHSA-2wgw-4x82-63xq.

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