High severity · published Jul 22, 2021
CVE-2021-32785
mod_auth_openidc is an authentication/authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server that functions as an OpenID Connect Relying Party, authenticating users against an OpenID…
7.5
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
mod_auth_openidc is an authentication/authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server that functions as an OpenID Connect Relying Party, authenticating users against an OpenID Connect Provider. When mod_auth_openidc versions prior to 2.4.9 are configured to use an unencrypted Redis cache (`OIDCCacheEncrypt off`, `OIDCSessionType server-cache`, `OIDCCacheType redis`), `mod_auth_openidc` wrongly performed argument interpolation before passing Redis requests to `hiredis`, which would perform it again and lead to an uncontrolled format string bug. Initial assessment shows that this bug does not appear to allow gaining arbitrary code execution, but can reliably provoke a denial of service by repeatedly crashing the Apache workers. This bug has been corrected in version 2.4.9 by performing argument interpolation only once, using the `hiredis` API. As a workaround, this vulnerability can be mitigated by setting `OIDCCacheEncrypt` to `on`, as cache keys are cryptographically hashed before use when this option is enabled.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CB
Cloud Backup · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
MA
Mod Auth Openidc · Openidc
before 2.4.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32785
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32785
Patch
https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/commit/dc672688dc1f2db7df8ad4abebc367116017a449
Release Notes
https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/releases/tag/v2.4.9
Mitigation
https://github.com/zmartzone/mod_auth_openidc/security/advisories/GHSA-55r8-6w97-xxr4
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00034.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0001/
Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
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