CVE-2021-3908: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

November 11, 2021 (updated August 9, 2022)

OctoRPKI does not limit the depth of a certificate chain, allowing for a CA to create children in an ad-hoc fashion, thereby making tree traversal never end.

References

github.com/cloudflare/cfrpki/security/advisories/GHSA-g5gj-9ggf-9vmq
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3908

Code Behaviors & Features

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