CVE-2021-43172

Infinite length chain of RRDP repositories

Published Nov 9, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
NLnet Labs Routinator prior to 0.10.2 happily processes a chain of RRDP repositories of infinite length causing it to never finish a validation run. In RPKI, a CA can choose the RRDP repository it wishes to publish its data in. By continuously generating a new child CA that only consists of another CA using a different RRDP repository, a malicious CA can create a chain of CAs of de-facto infinite length. Routinator prior to version 0.10.2 did not contain a limit on the length of such a chain and will therefore continue to process this chain forever. As a result, the validation run will never finish, leading to Routinator continuing to serve the old data set or, if in the initial validation run directly after starting, never serve any data at all.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-4484 NLnet Labs Routinator prior to 0.10.2 happily processes a chain of RRDP repositories of infinite length causing it to never finish a validation run. In RPKI, a CA can choose the RRDP repository it wishes to publish its data in. By continuously generating a new child CA that only consists of another CA using a different RRDP repository, a malicious CA can create a chain of CAs of de-facto infinite length. Routinator prior to version 0.10.2 did not contain a limit on the length of such a chain and will therefore continue to process this chain forever. As a result, the validation run will never finish, leading to Routinator continuing to serve the old data set or, if in the initial validation run directly after starting, never serve any data at all.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-m3x9-623g-35c4 Routinator infinite loop vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
NLnet Labs
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 5:03 PM
Reserved
Nov 1, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 9, 2021, 5:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:10 AM