CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-23162

Improper Following of a Certificate's Chain of Trust

Published: Nov 18, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Improper validation of the cloud certificate chain in Mobile Connect allows man-in-the-middle attack to impersonate the legitimate Command Centre Server. This issue affects: Gallagher Command Centre Mobile Connect for Android 15 versions prior to 15.04.040; version 14 and prior versions.

Weakness

The product does not follow, or incorrectly follows, the chain of trust for a certificate back to a trusted root certificate.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Command_centre_mobile_connectGallagher*14.0 (including)
Command_centre_mobile_connectGallagher15.0 (including)15.04.040 (excluding)

Extended Description

There are several ways in which the chain of trust might be broken, including but not limited to:

Potential Mitigations

References