CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-44273

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Dec 23, 2021 | Modified: Sep 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.4
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

e2guardian v5.4.x <= v5.4.3r is affected by missing SSL certificate validation in the SSL MITM engine. In standalone mode (i.e., acting as a proxy or a transparent proxy), with SSL MITM enabled, e2guardian, if built with OpenSSL v1.1.x, did not validate hostnames in certificates of the web servers that it connected to, and thus was itself vulnerable to MITM attacks.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
E2guardian E2bn 5.4.0 (including) 5.4.3r (including)
E2guardian Ubuntu bionic *
E2guardian Ubuntu hirsute *
E2guardian Ubuntu impish *
E2guardian Ubuntu kinetic *
E2guardian Ubuntu lunar *
E2guardian Ubuntu mantic *
E2guardian Ubuntu trusty *
E2guardian Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References