CVE-2021-3910

NUL character in ROA causes OctoRPKI to crash

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Published Nov 11, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 4.4 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

OctoRPKI crashes when encountering a repository that returns an invalid ROA (just an encoded NUL (\0) character).

Affected Products

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Cloudflare

octorpki

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 1.4.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cloudflare:octorpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to 1.4

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-5041-1	cfrpki security update
EUVD	EUVD-2021-2304	OctoRPKI crashes when encountering a repository that returns an invalid ROA (just an encoded NUL (\0) character).
Github GHSA	GHSA-5mxh-2qfv-4g7j	NUL character in ROA causes OctoRPKI to crash

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.212% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/security/advisories/GHSA-5mxh-2qfv-4g7j
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5041

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Cloudflare Octorpki

Debian Debian Linux

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 3:27 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cloudflare
Published: Nov 11, 2021, 9:45 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 3:27 AM
Reserved: Oct 26, 2021, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:05 AM

Status: Analyzed
Published: Nov 11, 2021, 10:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:05 AM

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